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Claro Gawilan, chairman of the Nagkahiusang Mag-uuma sa White Culaman (United Farmers of White Culaman) from Kitaotao town in Bukidnon speaks during their protest rally in San Pedro Street, Davao City on Thursday. The protesters accused the Army as responsible for the continuing harassment and killings of Lumads in Mindanao. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Lumad killings to take center stage in intl rights confab in Davao

Some 200 visitors from 25 countries worldwide will attend a conference on human rights, focusing on the killings of the indigenous peoples or Lumads in Mindanao.

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Read more about the article PHOTOS| Thousands of Mindanaoans take off for Duterte’s SONA
A total of fifteen buses, a truck that serves as the kitchen and a van ferry hundreds of delegates for the Manilakbayan sa SONA.   

PHOTOS| Thousands of Mindanaoans take off for Duterte’s SONA

Thousands of indigenous peoples and human rights activists from Davao region prepared for their travel by land going to Manila via Surigao City as early as 5:00 am on Tuesday.

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Read more about the article VM Pulong, global rights activists decry attack Vs Lumad leaders in Davao
Davao City vice mayor Paolo Duterte says he will go back to a lower position if his sister, Inday Sara Duterte and brother Sebastian will run for higher positions. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

VM Pulong, global rights activists decry attack Vs Lumad leaders in Davao

Acting City Mayor Paolo Duterte has called on the Davao City Police Office to conduct a thorough probe on the violent attack against two Lumad leaders here on Friday last week, July 15.

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Read more about the article DOJ dismisses kidnapping charges vs 15 activists
CASE DISMISSED. Activists who were accused of kidnapping indigenous people evacuees in Davao City are elated with the decision of the Department of Justice to dismiss their case on Monday afternoon at the DOJ office in Manila. Reverend Jurie Jaime, convenor of the Exodus for Justice and Peace, holds the copy of the DOJ resolution. He is flanked by Kerlan Fanagel, chairperson of the Pasaka Confederation of Lumad Organizations in Southern Mindanao (on the left) and Anakpawis Partylist Rep. Ariel Casilao. Mary Ann Sapar of Gabriela and Rius Valle of Children's Rehabilitation Center are at the back. (Contributed photo)

DOJ dismisses kidnapping charges vs 15 activists

The Department of Justice dismissed the kidnapping and serious illegal detention charges against 15 human rights activists on Monday afternoon, July 18.

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Read more about the article Lumad leaders in Davao attacked, one dead
Danny Diarog, secretary general of Kahugpongan sa mga Lumad (center) (Ace R Morandante/davaotoday.com file photo)

Lumad leaders in Davao attacked, one dead

Armed men riding in tandem killed the secretary of a Parent-Teachers Association of a Lumad school here while his companion, a tribal leader was critically wounded in an attack on Friday afternoon in Barangay Manuel Guianga, Tugbok District here.

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