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SADYANDI. Participants of a week-long protest at the Rizal Park in Koronadal City open their activity by sharing boiled eggs and water as their expression of unity. The protesters represented eight Lumad tribes and Moro groups. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)

Sadyandi: Lumads’ festival Vs mining, logging

Instead of a festive celebration of the Indigenous People’s month, the Lumads commemorated IP month with a protest putting up a camp at the Rizal Park here coinciding with the resumption of the formal talks between the government and the National Democratic Front on Monday, August 22.

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In a protest action in front of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples in Davao City on Tuesday, August 23, Jong Monzon, secretary general of Pasaka Confederation of Lumad Organizations in Southern Mindanao says the commission "tolerated" the formation of paramilitary groups who they say are committing human rights violations. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

NCIP hit for being ‘mum’ on Lumad killings, displacement

As the formal talks between the government and the National Democratic Front continue on its second day on Tuesday, August 23 members of the PASAKA Confederation of Lumad Organizations in Southern Mindanao called for the abolition of the National Commission for Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) because of the agency's inaction to address extrajudicial killings and displacement of Lumad due to militarization.

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