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PEACE ADVOCATES. Panel speakers during the Mindanao Peace Forum held at the Homitori Inn in Davao City on Wednesday, March 15 share light moments with the media and the participants who are mostly religious leaders. (From left to right) Fr. Rex Reyes, convener of the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform; Atty. Antonio Arellano, government peace panel member; Bishop Felixberto Calang, convener of the Sowing the Seeds of Peace Movement; Satur Ocampo, independent cooperator for the National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace panel; and Sr. Luz Mallo of the Sisters Association of Mindanao. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

STATEMENT| Martial Law declaration flouts peace processes, rejects lessons of history

Sowing the Seeds of Peace opposes the declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao. Martial Law throws out the headways in the peace processes between the Philippine government, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the Moro National Liberation Front, and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.

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Martial Law: CPP sees HR abuses escalate across PHL

The Communist Party of the Philippines ?warned that human rights abuses will escalate across the country because civil and political rights w?ould be curtailed under the Martial ?L?aw imposed by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.

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Read more about the article KMP condemns Martial Law declaration in Mindanao
STOP MILITARIZATION. Tonying Flores of peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas slams the continued militarization in the countryside during a picket rally Thursday at the front door of La Breza Hotel in Quezon City where a meeting between the Commission on Human Rights, Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police is on-going. (davaotoday.com photo by Alex D. Lopez)

KMP condemns Martial Law declaration in Mindanao

Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas said declaring martial law in Mindanao, the second biggest island and the home to one-fourth of the country’s population will only put innocent civilians at risk of state perpetrated human rights violations.

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