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KILLINGS CONTINUE.A portrait of injustice displayed by progressive organizations in Davao City as they commemorate on Monday, December 10, 2018, the International Human Rights Day. The group led by Karapatan-SMR said a high number of human rights violations have been committed by state forces in the region in pursuit of their intensified operations against the communist groups. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

HR group condemns killing of advocates, Lumad student

Human rights group Karapatan demand an end to the spate of killings in the country believed to be perpetrated by state forces and agents.

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Read more about the article Amidst adversities, children hold on to their dreams inside Haran
LUMAD STUDENT. A Lumad student studies her lesson inside a makeshift tent in UCCP Haran evacuation center on Thursday, January 18. ?More than? 70 students are ?still holding their classes in the evacuation center since they fled home in 2015 ?to avoid alleged harassment from ?soldiers. (Photo courtesy of Kath Cortez)

Amidst adversities, children hold on to their dreams inside Haran

Living inside a noisy, hot, and difficult shelter for years is how an 11-year-old Manobo girl describes her temporary yet almost permanent shelter inside the evacuation center of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines - Haran (UCCP-Haran).

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Read more about the article Red-tagged groups file complaint at CHR
Representatives from Karapatan and the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) prepare the complaints to be filed at the Commission of Human Rights (CHR). (Photo courtesy of Karapatan)

Red-tagged groups file complaint at CHR

Groups that advance human rights and have been accused recently as fronts of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA) trooped the office of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Tuesday, March 12, to file formal complaints on the "government-instigated" incidents of red-tagging campaigns against them.

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