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Lumad leader charged with murder, complainant ‘forced’ by Army

Post author:ZEA IO MING C. CAPISTRANO
Post published:April 21, 2015
Post category:Headline Human Rights
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A militant leader of the Higaonon tribe in Bukidnon lamented he is facing "trumped-up" murder charges by a relative who claimed that her husband was killed by the New People's Army.

Region 11 has 4 OFWs who returned home from Yemen

Post author:ZEA IO MING C. CAPISTRANO
Post published:April 17, 2015
Post category:Headline Human Rights OFW & Migration
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Four of the 78 overseas Filipino workers who returned home from Yemen on Tuesday, are from Davao Region, an OWWA (Overseas Workers Welfare Administration) official here said.

HR group says Army turned civilian homes into barracks

Post author:JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Post published:April 17, 2015
Post category:Headline Human Rights
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Government soldiers "evicted" farmers from their homes and installed sand bags surrounding them to use them as “barracks”, the human rights group Karapatan said after a fact-finding mission in the area Wednesday last week.