Soldiers arrest a fieldworker of EU-funded human rights project
Julito Otacan’s work is crucial for the project to take hold and help the lives of the Lumad communities
Julito Otacan’s work is crucial for the project to take hold and help the lives of the Lumad communities
“He became the leader in his class. After school, he helped his father in tilling a piece of land.”
Dubbed as Pambansang Lakbayan ng Pambansang Minorya, the members of national minorities under the flag of Sandugo are returning to Metro Manila on Thursday, August 31. They will camp out in UP Diliman, their main camp, and in two other satellite camps near other universities. They have scheduled mass meetings and delegations to various government offices until September 21, but they invite the public to meet with them in their camps or in their scheduled mass actions.
Similar tales of forced evacuation from their lands hounded the rest of the national minorities, spurring them to this second Lakbayan.
'Masbate has no national minorities but its people share with them the same problems of landlessness, militarization, and harsh impact of mining operations.'
The first group of Lakbayanis who will join the SONA rally arrive in UP Diliman.
MANILA -- Thirty-six Lumad families (100-plus individuals) from a Higaonon community in Sitio Camansi, Lagonglong, Misamis Oriental fled their homes again as they complained of heavy militarization in their communities. The Lumad evacuees put up temporary camps at...
They depict their stories through performances. Using indigenous instruments and their own language, they educate the city-bred about their struggles and aspirations.
This week, two Lumad from Compostela Valley have been gunned down.
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Progressive groups condemned the torching of the Lumad evacuation center in Davao City.
“Aquino has never acted on our plight, worse, he himself mandates all of these attacks against the Lumad and our community. Our people, our community, our schools are the military’s target.”
“The US, UK, French governments, in their narrow attempt to push regime change, demonize and undermine those they deem as ‘unfriendly’ regimes and use brutal, armed extremists (like ISIS) who happen to share their opposition to those regimes. But that’s like having attack dogs you don’t exactly control.”
Pugaran ng ibon ang mga sanga. Dati ‘yon. Ngayon, Mga kawad at bilding na. Bukalan ng tubig ang mga gubat. Dati ‘yon. Ngayon, Mga tindahan at plastik na. Punlay ng pagkain ang mga buto. Dati ‘yon. Ngayon, Mga ispesimen at ininhenyero na. Punlaan ng binhi ang lupa....
From September to October, three Lumád, including a minor, were killed by suspected members of the Dela Mance paramilitary group, which is affiliated with the dreaded Alamara.
“If he is dead, return his remains to his family. We just want him back.”
“Research takes sides, too and it does not make it unscientific.”
Two weeks after the Manilakbayan arrived in Manila, another Lumád leader was killed by a paramilitary group, the Alamara, in Davao del Norte province.
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