The Marawi evacuees want to go home soon not only because they feel the conflict should have been mopped up earlier with the forces sent in by the government. They also worry over possible threats of dislocation via “rehabilitation” and other plans such as the expansion of plantations and promoting eco-tourism.
Category: Moro
Martial law extension prolongs sufferings of Marawi evacuees
“Groups helping them now must go beyond providing humanitarian relief and psycho-social services: they need all the help they can get in giving voice to the bakwit’s desire to reclaim Marawi.”
National minorities bewail ‘worse sufferings’ under Duterte
“Our hope for change under Duterte is rapidly eroding.”
Martial law in Mindanao: Spate of EJK, arrests, bombings, evacuation
A Moro farmer and two Lumad activists were killed just in the past week.
Duyog Ramadan | Christians and Muslims unite for peace, call to lift martial law
“Like other religions, Islam and Christianity teach about a world that is free, peaceful and happy.”
Jabidah Massacre | Moro leaders stress need to unite and continue struggle
Groups commemorate the tragedy that sparked the Moro liberation movement 49 years ago.
UP, ‘Taft and U-belt’ students welcome national minorities in Manila
“We are one with you.”
National minorities’ call for right to ancestral lands, self-determination echoes in Manila
“This is a historic event for all of us, to see all marginalized and minoritized tribes gather in Manila.”
‘Lakbayan’ | 3,000 indigenous peoples, Moro to gather in Manila this October
The annual people’s caravan from the regions will be here from Oct. 13 to 21.
Groups blame US hand in Davao blast
“It is no secret that the ASG has been created, funded, trained and operated by the US CIA and the AFP.”
Moro political detainees | ‘Innocent people continue to suffer behind bars’
“As long as the DOJ memorandum and the reward system remain, more innocent Moro men, most of whom are poor, will be arrested and paraded as terrorists.”