“If we don’t fight now, when we grow up, we won’t have anything to fight for because it’s already too late.”
For land and for the future, the Lumad ‘bakwit’ school’s fight continues
Tags: martial law in Mindanao
Elsewhere schooling: The Lumad bakwit school in the national university*
President Rodrigo Duterte subjected Mindanao, the richest island in the Philippines, under Martial Law in May 2017 on account of the so-called terrorist siege of Marawi. One of the most affected groups in this island are the autonomously built and fully functional Lumad Schools. These schools have been the foci of community empowerment among the…
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Mistaken identity? Arrested journo writes to advocate for human rights
“All these are patent acts of tyranny, and we urge our fellow journalists, human rights advocates, and the public to continue resisting these abuses.”
800,000 rights abuses recorded in 2 years of Martial Law in Mindanao — rights group
Since May 23, 2017, when the entire island was placed under martial law, 93 activists have been killed while 136 have escaped death. More than 1,400 others were arrested and detained. Karapatan revealed there are 815,734 victims of civil and political rights violations.
Lumad girls held incommunicado by soldiers tell of horrors in captivity
Based on the narratives reported by Karapatan, Rina, 11, and her cousin Ellah, 17, (real names withheld) were about to gather Rattan locally known as Uway or Agsam and Bocawe, a local variety of Bamboo, in the morning of February 18 when they were accosted by seven soldiers.
‘Extension of martial law legitimizes Duterte’s reign’ – CPP
“We should all unite to call for lifting of martial law.”
Catch that debris
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Missing leaders in Mindanao surfaced by the police as ‘top NPA leaders’
Datu Jomorito Goaynon is the chairperson of Kalumbay Regional Lumad Organization while Ireneo Ubarde is the chairperson of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP)-Northern Mindanao Region.
Unbeatable
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