Lumads end week-long stay in UP Diliman with cultural night
DILIMAN, Quezon City - A Friday night of cultural performances was prepared by the lumad delegates of the human rights caravan Manilakbayan 2015 from Mindanao to thank the University of…
DILIMAN, Quezon City - A Friday night of cultural performances was prepared by the lumad delegates of the human rights caravan Manilakbayan 2015 from Mindanao to thank the University of…
Delegates of the human rights caravan, Manilakbayan from Mindanao marched from their camp inside the University of the Philippines Diliman to the national office of the Commission on Human Rights on Wednesday morning to condemn the agency's "slow response" on the investigation of the cases of Lumad killings in Mindanao.
Ariel Casilao, Anakpawis Partylist first nominee, said that accusing the Lumads and their supporters as communists or NPAs "is the reason why there are illegal detention, massacres and killings in Mindanao".
Kitaotao town mayor Lorenzo Gawilan Jr., urged the filing of administrative charges against the chief of Barangay White Culaman who closed down a Lumad school last Friday.
Members of different progressive groups in the region welcome the delegation of human rights caravan Manilakbayan 2015 from Matnog Port in Sorsogon up to the Plaza Quezon here Friday.