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Read more about the article Widow of Arakan human rights victim longs to visit husband’s grave

Widow of Arakan human rights victim longs to visit husband’s grave

Military operations in Arakan valley hinder Gina Batoy, wife of slain peasant leader, Ramon, from going back home. Ramon Batoy was killed in a raid by the 10th Special Forces three days after Fr. Fausto “Pops” Tentorio was gunned down, also in the same town. Advocates link the killing of Fr. Tentorio and Batoy as part of the abuses of the AFP counter-insurgency policy Oplan Bayanihan in North Cotabato.

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Read more about the article NPA admits killing of Swiss-Filipino businessman linked to Italian priest slay
QUEST FOR JUSTICE. Thousands of movers and supporters of the Justice for Fr. Pops Movement hold a caravan for justice and against the government’s counter-insurgency Oplan Bayanihan in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato last year. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

NPA admits killing of Swiss-Filipino businessman linked to Italian priest slay

“Clearly, he deserved the NPA's punishment” and his death “is a first step towards achieving full revolutionary justice for the beloved Fr. Tentorio.” -- New People's Army

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Read more about the article Wanted: Peoples’ lawyers
EMPHASIS. Laywers Neri Colmenares (right) and Roan Libarios (left) stress the importance of public interest lawyers at these times. Laywers group Union of People’s Lawyers in Mindanao had their 4th assembly in Davao City recently. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Wanted: Peoples’ lawyers

 “A lot have become victims of injustice and they have no one to defend them.  That’s why public interest lawyering is very much needed and remains relevant” -- Roan Libarios, Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) president

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Read more about the article Justice remains elusive for slain Italian priest
CANDLES FOR JUSTICE. "Let the candles we light upon Pops' grave be our symbol in pursing justice for his killing," parish priest Pol Paracha says in a candle-lighting activity in Kidapawan City. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Justice remains elusive for slain Italian priest

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA

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Read more about the article Exploring a policy framework for mining
BIAS TO SMALL-SCALE MINING. Bayan Muna representative Teddy Casino, in a recent Davao City press briefing, says his authored People's Mining Bill (HB 4315) in Congress is biased to small-scale mining and not to large-scale mining. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Exploring a policy framework for mining

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN

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