By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – A human rights group is calling for an independent investigation over the deadly Jolo twin bombing on Jan. 28 that left 21 church-goers killed and scores injured. According to news reports, the first explosion took place inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at…
Category: Moro
Moro group: ‘PH, US govts accountable for rights abuses in Marawi’
“The US government and Duterte’s incessant accusation against the Moro people as harboring terrorists gave a go-signal for the military and the police to openly attack Moro civilians and communities.”
‘Liberated?’ | Moro groups call for probe on military rights abuses in Marawi
Groups called President Duterte’s declaration of Marawi’s liberation “ironic.”
Lakbayan 2017 | NDFP expresses unity with national minorities
The interests of national minorities are in place in the NDFP proposal for social and economic reforms.
Lakbayan 2017 | ‘There is no Jollibee in Marawi, but we were peaceful and happy’
The Meranaws of Marawi City are eager to return to their homes and get back on their feet without the encroachment of big business.
National minorities denounce Duterte as ‘US imperialist lackey’
“Duterte continued the War on Terror policy which carried terrorism in our country and the whole world.”
Mindanao martial law | Minors, students among civilians killed, missing in Marawi
A Mindanao peace group reports killings, disappearances and torture of Marawi civilians by government troops since the its military offensives began in May.
Lakbayan 2017 | Groups say Moro discrimination, Islamophobia worsened by Duterte’s martial law
“We condemn the Dawlah Islamiya in Marawi, but the US-Duterte regime is a bigger terrorist.”
Lakbayan 2017 | Maranao youth hopes to find brother who went missing in Marawi
A Marawi City evacuee tells of the hardship of searching for his kin under martial law in Mindanao.
Indigenous peoples from all over the country hold Salubungan vs. Martial Law, attacks on peoples
“All of Duterte’s wars are really against the people.”
Lakbayan 2017 | Marawi evacuees join protest caravan to Manila
The Maranaos from Marawi have brought to the capitol their stories of suffering and their demand for justice.