A lumad leader from Davao presented cases of human rights violations (HRVs) committed by the armed forces during the 2015 preparatory meeting on United Nations mechanisms and procedures relating to Indigenous Peoples (IPs).
A community-based school director was threatened by a tribal leader during a committee hearing to discuss military encampents in schools in Talaingod, Davao del Norte, a group said Saturday.
Sixty-two-year old, Catalina Sinoy, a native of Pantukan, Compostela Valley, believes her life and that of her family were easier before compared this year.
A human rights group believes that justice will not be served for the victims of the Ampatuan massacre under the administration of President Benigno Aquino III who they call as the “Impunity King”.
Groups led by the People’s Council for National Unity, Reforms and Peace left here Tuesday morning to visit several towns of Maguindanao province for a humanitarian relief, medical and psychosocial mission.