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Read more about the article Groups slam gov’t for failure to address HR violations under martial law
WAR-TORN CITY. There is no silencing of the guns in Marawi City on the day President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his second State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 24. This is the latest photo of Banggolo District in Marawi City, the main battle area of the government troops and the terrorist Maute-ISIS taken Saturday, July 22. As ?Congress on its joint session approved the extension of Martial Law in Mindanao, death toll of the Philippine troops rises to 105 while 428 suspected terrorists are killed, as of 2 pm of July 22. (Photo by Divina M. Suson)

Groups slam gov’t for failure to address HR violations under martial law

Cases of human rights violations continue to pile up two years after martial law was declared in Mindanao resulting from the conflict in Marawi City that flared up on May 23, 2017, that ran for several months, civil society organizations said Friday.

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Read more about the article Paramilitary forcing Lumad evacuees to go home, group claims
(Photo courtesy of PASAKA-SMR)

Paramilitary forcing Lumad evacuees to go home, group claims

The Lumad group PASAKA slammed the military and paramilitary group Alamara for forcing Lumad evacuees to return to their communities amidst the height of intensive and continuing military operations in the hinterlands.

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Read more about the article ACT Teachers reps condemn cases vs union leader
Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) union region president for Northern Mindanao Ophelia Tabacon (second from left) leads other educators in demanding for increase in salary of educators during a recently protest action held in Plaza Divisoria, Cagayan de Oro City. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davatoday.com)

ACT Teachers reps condemn cases vs union leader

Legislators belonging to the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) have condemned what they called as “fabricated cases” filed against leaders of different rights organizations including ACT Union regional president for Northern Mindanao Ophelia Tabacon.

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Read more about the article 3 more groups ask SC for protection against red-tagging
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3 more groups ask SC for protection against red-tagging

Human rights group Karapatan, Rural Missionaries of the Philippines, and GABRIELA also filed a petition for a writ of Amparo and habeas data before the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday, May 6, citing “threats to life, liberty, and security” amid accusations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that their organizations are communist fronts.

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