A statement demanding justice & accountability for the human rights violations victims in Talaingod

Based on the Interfaith Peace & Mercy Mission Held from February 22-24, 2008 in Sitio Dulyan, Brgy. Palma Gil, Talaingod Davao Del Norte On January 6, 2008, intense military operations…

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Molestation, harassment raps filed vs 66th IB officer

The 19-year-old girl said that the officer allegedly made indecent sexual advances to her inside a makeshift hut that served as sleeping quarters of Cafgu (Civilian Auxiliary Forces Geographic Unit) inside the military detachment.

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Previous brushes with US troops make young Moros wary of Balikatan


Activists speak out against the Balikatan in Cagayan de Oro City.

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A day before the joint U.S.-Philippine Balikatan military exercises, young Moro protesters led a barricade in barangay Sarimanok in Marawi City, which ended up with protesters hurling stones at a passing convoy of vehicles loaded with U.S. soldiers. Not contented, the protesters chased the fleeing Hi-Ace and Toyota vans and hit the car windows with stones. Aida Ibrahim, chair of the Moro youth organization Liga ng Kabataang Moro (LKM) in Marawi said the Moro youth will do everything they can to drive the U.S. troops away.

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