Human Rights

UCCP Bishop to NTF-ELCAC: ‘No abuse and child trafficking at Haran shelter’

UCCP Bishop to NTF-ELCAC: ‘No abuse and child trafficking at Haran shelter’

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Feb 25, 2021

A group of Manobo evacuees seeking refuge inside the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) Haran compound decried on the repeated accusations of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) that ‘’bakwit schools’ train child warriors and earn profit from taking shelter in the cities to expose their plight in the communities they temporarily left behind.

USC, church slam ‘rescue’ of  Lumad students in Cebu

USC, church slam ‘rescue’ of Lumad students in Cebu

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Feb 16, 2021

Police and social workers in Cebu on Monday took custody of 21 Lumad students and arrested tribal elders and school teachers from their “Bakwit School” in the University of San Carlos Talamban campus, claiming this was a “rescue” from a rebel training school.

Dubious lumad FB page on red-tagging spree

Dubious lumad FB page on red-tagging spree

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Feb 09, 2021

The University of the Philippines Mindanao’s Student Council urged its administration to defend its constituents following recent red-tagging incidents against members of the university’s community.