Human Rights

Read more about the article Architect’s rape-murder shakes up Davao’s image as peaceful city
CCTV footage shows that the victim was last seen boarding a yellow tricycle at Crossing Fausta, Calinan District.

Architect’s rape-murder shakes up Davao’s image as peaceful city

Twenty-eight-year-old architect-engineer Vlanche Marie Bragas was found dead on Wednesday, May 17, in a banana plantation in Calinan.

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Read more about the article Union worker’s death pinned on military harassment
Trade unionist Susano Echavez Labora (Photo courtesy of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan - Southern Mindanao)

Union worker’s death pinned on military harassment

A labor union and community organizer in Davao died of a stroke in which his family blames army personnel who had interrogated and coerced him two days prior that triggered his stroke.

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Read more about the article UPMin student council slams military harassment of student
A mobilization on the Atrium Steps of the University of the Philippines Mindanao calling to stop campus militarization, defend academic freedom, and to uphold human rights. (Photo by CS Salcedo/Himati)

UPMin student council slams military harassment of student

The student council of the University of the Philippines Mindanao (UPMin USC) raised alarm over a student harassed by military personnel.

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