Alamara militia works with, and for the military – Lumad
“I was accompanying 36 students of the Misfi academy when this happened. They also brought the students with me. We were interrogated.”
“I was accompanying 36 students of the Misfi academy when this happened. They also brought the students with me. We were interrogated.”
“President Aquino, your heart is as hard as that of the Pharaoh who refused to end the oppression of God’s chosen people.”
“They are here now because Luistro did nothing when their schools were being shut down by the state and paramilitary forces.”
The Save our Schools Network said Education Secretary Bro.Armin Luistro has become instrumental in the perpetration of attacks on schools all over Mindanao.
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“Even in the middle of this very urbanized city, the Talabugta is there.”
The second in five children, he had to discontinue college at the University of Mindanao in 2009, after his father, Ludiño Monzon, was gunned down allegedly by soldiers from 67th Infantry Battalion in Boston, Davao Oriental, near a police station.
More than 70 indigenous organizations from across Asia urged President Benigno Aquino III to put an end to the killings and attacks against the Lumad of Mindanao.
“We are here to bring the bad news of the attacks on the people of Mindanao. But we also bring the good news, that we are not afraid, that we know why this is happening, and that our actions are just.”
“We are Filipinos, too. We should fight for each other’s rights.”
Their only dream is to uplift their lives, have education that their ancestors have been deprived of, live peacefully in their ancestral land and develop it for their families and the next generation.
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“This is not just seeking sanctuary, but also our protest, to demand respect for us indigenous people, not just in Mindanao, but the whole country.”
“A resolute action is needed now to protect the Lumád way of life and to give the future generation the opportunity to interact with and learn from our indigenous tribes.”
“Moses said, ‘Let the people go.’ But today, we are asking to ‘let the people come.’”
“In Tacloban, there was Typhoon Yolanda, in Mindanao there are 56 military battalions, the strong storm against the people,.
A month-long campaign unites people from Mindanao with those in the Visayas and Luzon, to get the attention of the “center” – Metro Manila – the source of power, policies and indifference.
“If they are able to do surveillance inside campus, we can only imagine the magnitude of repression the Lumád experiences in Mindanao.”
“We promised our family we would seek justice no matter what hardships we encounter. The Manilakbayan will be just one among many journeys we will take to achieve this.”
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