Human Rights

Sadyandi: Lumads’ festival Vs mining, logging

Sadyandi: Lumads’ festival Vs mining, logging

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Aug 24, 2016

Instead of a festive celebration of the Indigenous People’s month, the Lumads commemorated IP month with a protest putting up a camp at the Rizal Park here coinciding with the resumption of the formal talks between the government and the National Democratic Front on Monday, August 22.

NCIP hit for being ‘mum’ on Lumad killings, displacement

NCIP hit for being ‘mum’ on Lumad killings, displacement

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Aug 24, 2016

As the formal talks between the government and the National Democratic Front continue on its second day on Tuesday, August 23 members of the PASAKA Confederation of Lumad Organizations in Southern Mindanao called for the abolition of the National Commission for Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) because of the agency’s inaction to address extrajudicial killings and displacement of Lumad due to militarization.

Thousands of Lumad occupy Koronadal park

Thousands of Lumad occupy Koronadal park

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Aug 22, 2016

An estimate of 5,000 indigenous people’s from four provinces in Region 12 gathered at the Rizal Park here Monday, August 22 to protest the continuing injustices towards the Lumads including the issue of environmental destruction.