On February 28, 2021, Barangay Captain Julie Catamin who challenged the baseless red tagging of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the military was shot dead. Catamin is a member of the indigenous Tumandok community. He was among..
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PHILIPPINES || Impunity And Criminalization Of Activism In The Philippines: Trumped-up Charges Against Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Defenders
On July 12, 2021, the Regional Trial Court in Tagum City, capital of Davao del Norte – a province in Davao region in Mindanao Island at the south of the Philippines—rejected the criminal prosecution against the indigenous human..
2021 IPRI Criminalization Report: The Philippines
Indigenous representatives and their lawyers file petition at the Supreme Court to junk the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. (Photo: Tony La Viña) The Philippines has the most dismal government response to the pandemic in the Southeast Asian region.1..
A Response To The PNP And The AFP’s Remarks About The Tumandok
(image from Defend Panay Network) ILOILO City – Recently, an RTC in Capiz quashed[1] multiple search warrants used by the PNP and the AFP in the bloody joint-operation on December 30 last year, that left 9 Tumandok dead,..
Beatrice Belen: Fighting with unwavering courage
image from: https://twitter.com/nordisonline/status/1360040953549967362 BEATRICE BELEN: FIGHTING WITH UNWAVERING COURAGE Betty is an Indigenous woman leader from the Uma people in Lubuagan, Kalinga in the Cordillera region. A member of Innabuyog – An Alliance of Indigenous Women’s Organizations in the..
Rose Hayahay: Defending indigenous rights through education
image from: https://kodao.org/teacher-rose-kabataang-guro-ng-mga-lumad/ ROSE HAYAHAY: DEFENDING INDIGENOUS RIGHTS THROUGH EDUCATION “Indigenous peoples want to study; they want to be educated. But they don’t have schools in their communities.” Rose Hayahay, a native of Davao de Oro, is a 23-year-old..
Sarah Dekdeken: Continuing fight amid attacks
image from: https://www.facebook.com/whiteandblueslu/photos/sarah-dekdeken-secretary-general-of-cordillera-peoples-alliance/10162250560545387/ SARAH DEKDEKEN: CONTINUING FIGHT AMID ATTACKS “Land is life. Indigenous women will cease to exist if their lands and territories are destroyed. We were able to protect and nurture our lands, territories and resources for many..
IPRI: Continuing attacks vs Tumandok and advocates epitomize worsening culture of impunity in the Philippines
Global Indigenous Peoples organization Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) denounces the recent murder of Tumandok village chief Julie Catamin and the brutal attack against Angelo Karlo Guillen, one of the legal counsels of the Tumandok tribe members who..
Indigenous peoples human rights defenders are not criminals! End the worsening criminalization of indigenous peoples in the Philippines
The Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) stands in solidarity with Lumad and all Indigenous Peoples who are continuously subjected to criminalization, killings, and unabated attacks in the Philippines. The most recent incident was on February 15,..
MIDENG! The persistence of militarization & political persecution against the Indigenous Aetas
The Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) and UMAHON Central Luzon aim to launch a webinar to discuss the threats experienced by the Indigenous Aetas of Zambales through mining and militarization, and to expound on the case of the..
