UP Diliman chancellor Dr. Michael Tan in his opening remarks said that the event is an important in the university’s history, akin to the First Quarter Storm and the Diliman commune.
One of the plans of the Joint Monitoring Committee of both the government and the National Democratic Front is to propose the inclusion of the CARHRIHL or the comprehensive agreement on the respect for human rights and the International Humanitarian Law in the curriculum of the Department of Education.
Thousands of delegates to the peace caravan of national minorities marched to crossing Calamba in Laguna for a symbolic “Salubongan” to signal the solidarity of the two contingents from different provinces in the country.
An environmental youth activist from Compostella Valley was reportedly shot dead Thursday, Oct. 13, a human rights group said.
Various groups believed that the killing of farmer leader in Compostela, Valley is a violation of the unilateral ceasefire declared by the government in connection with the ongoing peace talks with the National Democratic Front.
Davao Today’s editor and a child rights advocate scored a legal victory when the fiscal junked the libel charges filed against them by the military.
The leader of a local farmers’ organization in Compostela Valley who was in critical condition after he was shot by two unidentified motorcycle gunmen died in the hospital earlier today, Oct. 11.
At least 2,000 Lumad and Moro from all over Mindanao marched in Naga City and converged at the Plaza Quezon for a solidarity night hosted by local human rights groups.
A leader of a farmers’ group based in Compostela Valley, province was shot by an unknown assailant on Monday, Oct. 10.
Only a little over a month, three suspects were arrested. The three were linked to the Lanao del Sur-based Maute group, the military said.
