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Read more about the article Martial Law in Mindanao: HR group records military abuses, HRW says ML increases abuses vs civilians, activists  
GARRISON CITY. Scores of police officers in full combat gear patrol along Roxas Avenue in Davao City on the first day of Martial Law in Mindanao on Wednesday, May 24. President Rodrigo Duterte, through Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella announced the declaration on Tuesday evening after a series of clashes erupted between government troops and members of the Maute in Marawi City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Martial Law in Mindanao: HR group records military abuses, HRW says ML increases abuses vs civilians, activists  

Human rights group Karapatan recorded a string of human rights violations perpetrated by the government soldiers days after the implementation of Martial Law in Mindanao.

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Read more about the article Kin of slain farmer-activist calls for justice
WEEPING. Rose (not her real name) calls for justice for her slain nephew, Pedro Pandagay, who died in the hands of an unknown assailant? believed ?to be a? soldier assigned in a military unit in Anitapan, Mabini in Compostela Valley on March 23. Rose appeared in a press conference at the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Haran compound in Davao City on Monday, May 21. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Kin of slain farmer-activist calls for justice

A relative of a farmer who was accused of supporting the New People's Army lamented his death as she called on the government forces to stop tagging farmers as rebels.

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Read more about the article Lawmakers eye probe of rights abuses in Calinan
INQUIRY. Gabriela Women's Party Representative Arlene Brosas sa?ys? she along with tother members of Makabayan Coalition in ?C?ongress will be filing a resolution calling for an inquiry on the alleged human rights violations committed by the military in Baranggay Dominga, Calinan in Davao City. Brosas made the pronouncement in a press conference at the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Haran compound in Davao City on Monday, May 21. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Lawmakers eye probe of rights abuses in Calinan

Progressive lawmakers are planning to file a resolution to probe on the alleged human rights violations committed by the military against the residents of Barangay Dominga in Calinan district, this city.

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Read more about the article MARBAI triumph an assertion of social justice – KMP
More than a hundred agrarian reform beneficiaries wait for their installation outside the disputed San Isidro farm area in Barangay San Isidro, Tagum City. Their installation was postponed for the second time on Friday, April 21, 2017 as the guards inside the plantation refused to receive the installation order from the Department of Agrarian Reform. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

MARBAI triumph an assertion of social justice – KMP

The triumphant members of Madaum Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries did not only materially own back their lands from years of control through the burdensome agreement with Lapanday Foods Corp. but an assertion of social justice.

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Read more about the article IPs fear ‘all-out war’ vs minorities with generals in Duterte’s cabinet
Activists protest outside the office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources on Friday, May 19, 2017. (Photo by Karapatan)

IPs fear ‘all-out war’ vs minorities with generals in Duterte’s cabinet

An organization of Moro and indigenous peoples expressed fear that the appointment of former Army generals in cabinet positions will “intensify” attacks in their communities.

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