After the afternoon mass on Wednesday at Baclaran church, priests, seminaries, and the Lumads who are delegates of the human rights caravan Manilakbayan 2015 marched from the church doorsteps up to the gates of the church compound showing their unity against the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit that ended Friday.
Churchgoers in Baclaran Church stop to look at the photo exhibit displayed along the path walk of the church. The exhibit were put up by the delegates of the human rights caravan Manilakbayan 2015 to show images of victims of extra-judicial killings and school attacks in Mindanao. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
A churchgoer in Baclaran Church takes time to read the leaflet distributed by volunteers of Manilakbayan 2015 which discusses the issues of the Lumads in Mindanao. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Police forces assemble outside Baclaran church to guard the vendors from returning in the area. However, indigenous peoples who are protesting in Manila say the police were deployed for the Manilakbayan delegates who are now camping at the church compound. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
A church leader has called the government "insensitive" on the plight of the indigenous peoples.