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SUMKAD for land, life, and honor! 

Cordillera Peoples AlliancePublic Information CommissionCENTRAL STATEMENTon the 39th Peoples Cordillera DayWe mark the 39th Peoples’ Cordillera Day with a united battle cry- SUMKAD for land, life, and honor!  Sumkad, meaning to rise, resist, defend, is a word with an all-too-familiar meaning in our history of struggle as Cordillera Peoples. In the 70s and 80s, the […]

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Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (KPNE)Earth Day 2023 Press StatementApril 22, 2023

Laban Kalikasan! Earth Day 2023 Statement We, Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment, join the broad masses of the Filipino people in the fight against the continuing environmental devastation and plunder under the Marcos-Duterte administration. Hardly a year into the new administration, the Filipino people have already witnessed how Marcos Jr.’s policies have ultimately worsened

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Philippines at the top of its list of deadliest countries to be an eco-activist

The international nonprofit Global Witness has ranked the Philippines at the top of its list of deadliest countries to be an eco-activist. Dozens of environmentalists and land defenders also die each year or end up on government watch lists. The WorldMarch 31, 2023 · 1:45 PM EDT https://theworld.org/stories/2023-03-31/philippines-among-most-dangerous-places-world-environmental-activists Environmental activist Windel Bolinget remembers what it

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No justice, no peace under Marcos Jr.

Groups, victim to UN: No justice, no peace under Marcos Jr. government Philippine UPR Watch Press release –https://groups.google.com/g/karapatan-updates/c/iMMffVVQcag?pli=1 March 27, 2023 Rights group Karapatan, local and international lawyers, and anabduction survivor belied assertions by Philippine government that thehuman rights situation in the Philippines has improved under theFerdinand Marcos Jr. administration. In an oral statement at

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Marcos government bombs its own people

Subject: PRESS RELEASE: The world should be worried about the Marcos government bombing its own people– Global Indigenous Peoples organization Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 18:07:15 +0800 From: Romeo Jara <romeo.jara@ipmsdl.org> The world should be worried about the Marcos government bombing its own people– Global Indigenous Peoples organization PRESS RELEASE March 22, 2023 Reference: Romeo Jara,

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Defend NL 7: Thank you for your support. We fight on!

Cordillera Peoples AlliancePublic Information CommissionDefend NL 7: Thank you for your support. We fight on!Joint Statement of the Cordillera Peoples Allianceand the Cordillera Human Rights AllianceL-R: Steve Tauli, Sarah Abellon, Niño Oconer, Windel Bolinget, Renz KangOn February 20, 2023, Sarah Abellon, Windel Bolinget, Lulu Gimenez, Florence Kang, Niño Oconer, and Steve Tauli falsely accused of

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Marcos Jr., NTF-ELCAC’s counterinsurgency program endangers workers’lives, rights

Karapatan Press Release –https://groups.google.com/g/karapatan-updates/c/q0lKb4OS00s?pli=1 24 January 2023 The counterinsurgency program that is being implemented by the MarcosJr. administration, which it continues from previous regimes includingthe Duterte government, through the National Task Force to End LocalCommunist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has resulted in gross violations onthe working people’s right to life and to their freedom of associationand

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