His appearance came a day after Police Regional Office Cordillera Regional Director R’win Pagkalinawan issued a shoot-to-kill order should he resist arrest.
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Groups condemn police’s shoot-to-kill order against Igorot leader
“Pagkalinawan’s statement is a pretext for the speedy extra-judicial killing of [Windel] Bolinget before law and evidence will prove that this is a false charge.”
Lumad students vow to defend UP, their sanctuary
“We will defend UP, our sanctuary, as much as it has defended us.” – Lumad student
UP community unites in defending academic freedom
“I must express our grave concern over this abrogation, as it is totally unnecessary and unwarranted, and may result in worsening rather than improving relations between our institutions, and detract from our common desire for peace, justice, and freedom in our society.” – UP President Danilo L. Concepcion
6 farmers arrested for harvesting own crops, hundreds others evicted due to land grabbing
“The situation of Filipino peasants when they marched from Central Luzon to Mendiola in 1987 remains unchanged, and even worse this 2021, especially with the rising cases of peasant massacres and mass killings under the Duterte administration.” – KMP
‘Termination of UP-DND Accord had no legal basis’ – law expert
“DND, in its letter, has failed to show any overriding public interest to interfere with UP’s academic freedom. It did not show any clear and present danger which can limit a student or a professor’s civil liberty to freely think and express his or her view.”
Red-tagged Cordillera leader faces murder raps
Cordillera People’s Alliance and Bolinget’s family fear for his safety, noting that he can be subjected to a “tokhang-style execution” if he gets arrested and transported to Davao Del Norte for his case.
‘Charter change is a desperate attempt to hold on to power, silence critics’
Progressives said that the recent moves to amend the Philippine Constitution are “but a desperate attempt of President Rodrigo Duterte to hold on to power and silence critics.”
Groups call for release of Amanda Echanis, baby as COVID-19 cases reported in jail
“The government should act immediately as the health of Echanis and her baby is at high risk, especially in overly congested, poorly equipped prison conditions where social distancing is impossible and mass testing for COVID-19 is ignored.”
Armed goons threaten families, ransack homes in Hacienda Yulo
Farmers in Buntog have been struggling for decades to assert their rights to the land, which they and their ancestors have lived in since 1911.
Arrested Tumandok in Panay are defenders of ancestral domain
The 16 Tumandok leaders arrested were staunch defenders of their ancestral domain.