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Lumad evacuees in Surigao del Sur urge President Rodrigo Duterte ahead his third State of the Nation Address on Monday, July23, to pull-out soldiers from their communities and lift martial law declaration. (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)

Lumad evacuees scoff at military for calling evacuation “orchestrated”

Lumad leaders in Surigao del Sur scoffed at the military for their “outright lies and cover-up.”

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Read more about the article Lumad evacuees tell religious brothers of their lament
Members of Madaum Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association Inc. (MARBAI) engaged in collective farming accommodates some 300 Lumad evacuees by providing them work in vegetable and banana farming inside their 7-hectare share in Davao del Norte. The evacuees were forced to abandon their abodes in Talaingod and Compostela Valley due to the persistent military operations. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Lumad evacuees tell religious brothers of their lament

“We are not terrorists, we are indigenous people.”

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Read more about the article Lumad students, evacuees hope Duterte to end Martial Law in 3rd SONA
Lumad women take a rest on their first day at the evacuation center Tuesday, July 17, as they walked for nine hours before reaching the center of Barangay Diatagon, Lianga on Monday. (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)

Lumad students, evacuees hope Duterte to end Martial Law in 3rd SONA

Lumad evacuees here hope to hear in President Rodrigo Duterte's third State of the Nation Address slated next week to end Martial Law in Mindanao, saying "the declaration has caused havoc" in their communities.

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Read more about the article Surigao Lumads flee from ‘militarized’ communities
About 1,600 indigenous people from rural villages of Lianga and San Agustin towns in Surigao del Sur fled their homes on Monday,July 16,after a month of military encampment in their communities.(Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)

Surigao Lumads flee from ‘militarized’ communities

More than a thousand indigenous people from 15 rural villages in the municipalities of San Agustin, Tago, and Lianga, this province fled their homes on Monday, July 15, after a month of military encampment of their communities.

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