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LIFT MARTIAL LAW. Progressive groups in Davao City appeal to President Rodrigo Duterte to lift Martial Law in Mindanao because of the rise of human rights violations. Activists protested in front of the office of the Commission of Human Rights XI on Friday, June 23, a month after Duterte declared Martial Law. (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)

Mindanao cities to join nationwide protest on 45th year of Martial Law

Several key cities in Mindanao is slated to join the protest action on Thursday, September 21 to condemn extrajudicial killings in the country under the Duterte administration.

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Read more about the article Thousands in PH protest amid nationwide Martial Law threat
Lumad and Moro people together with their support groups will hit the major streets of Manila to protest the various forms of militarist options that they say are being used by the ?"US-Duterte regime"? to counter armed conflicts and other problems in the country. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

Thousands in PH protest amid nationwide Martial Law threat

There’s no stopping activists from holding protest actions here in time for the 45th year commemoration of the declaration of Martial Law.

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Read more about the article ‘Pasa bilis’: How they overthrew a regime before Facebook era
SNAP ELECTION. Workers from Davao City and Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur rode on a truck owned by the Aboitiz who supported then President Corazon Aquino. The rallyists gathered in Magsaysay Park, Davao City in support of the candidacy of Aquino and vice presidentiable Doy Laurel in 1986. (FILE PHOTO/davaotoday.com)

‘Pasa bilis’: How they overthrew a regime before Facebook era

Among the crowd of human rights advocates who founded a new group to oppose what they described as a brewing tyranny of President Rodrigo Duterte was 67-year-old Ogie.*

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Read more about the article Sara Duterte tells Bato: don’t take our cops away
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and PNP chief Ronald Dela Rosa (davaotoday.com)

Sara Duterte tells Bato: don’t take our cops away

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte warned against the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) plan to reassign some 1,000 police officers to replace their relieved counterparts in Caloocan City.

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Read more about the article Colmenares says Martial Law will only exacerbate PH problem
Neri Colmenares, chairman of Makabayan Coalition, says President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs violates the right to due process. In this photo, Colmenares delivers his keynote speech during the launching of the Movement Against Tyranny on Monday, September 18 at the Davao Central United Methodist Learning Center. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Colmenares says Martial Law will only exacerbate PH problem

A former partylist lawmaker warned President Rodrigo Duterte not to toy with the idea of declaring Martial Law nationwide.

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