A former political detainee is calling on incoming members of Congress to support the amnesty for political prisoners which President-elect Rodrigo Duterte plans to do.
Nilo, 22 said he was about to file his leave of absence from work to join his mother's birthday celebration next month.
A farmer's wife said her husband in Montevista town, Compostela Valley province committed suicide hours before his "scheduled interview" with military troops on Tuesday, June 8.
Human rights advocates of Karapatan Southern Mindanao (SMR) group protested in front of the office of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) XI to express their dismay with the continuing human rights violations in Davao region.
Maria Elena Escandor, whose husband Romeo from Compostela Valley is one of the 72 political prisoners in Southern Mindanao region, is hoping that her husband will soon be reunited with their family after 10 years in jail.