Tag: land rights
Church leaders back farmers, condemn ‘excessive’ police force
Church leaders linked farmers’ protests to land, livelihood and El Niño hardships while urging authorities to uphold constitutional rights
Farmers defy police attempt to dismantle protest camp outside agrarian reform...
More than 400 farmers are pressing land, livelihood and environmental demands ahead of National Peasant Day protests in Manila
Company-linked land claims threaten Indigenous homes on Philippine island
Residents are challenging patent applications, alleged harassment and relocation plans as their land dispute moves to provincial authorities
Decades of unresolved land conflicts expose gaps in Philippine governance and...
A new report shows rising land disputes driven by weak enforcement, leaving rural communities facing prolonged insecurity and displacement
Church leaders in Abra condemn large-scale mining, call for urgent environmental...
Church leaders in Abra rally communities to resist destructive mining and safeguard rivers, land, and future generations’ rights
Regional group reveals PH is worst land rights violator
PANAP said it monitored 10 cases of land conflict-related arrests, detention, and legal persecution in the Philippines last year
Indigenous residents vow to defend Marihangin Island as security forces pull...
Residents celebrate guards’ withdrawal from Marihangin Island but warn of security vacuum, renew land reform demands
‘Outrageous assault on rights’: Bishop, groups decry arrest of Palawan IP...
“These individuals are ordinary people who simply seek to protect their right to live and work their lands,” the prelate added
Philippine Catholic educators decry displacement of Palawan indigenous communities
Catholic educators expressed solidarity with Indigenous communities in Palawan facing eviction, condemning violence, and urging respect for ancestral rights, justice, and ecological protection.
On April...
Philippine diocese demands government action on ancestral land rights
“As members of the Church, we reaffirm our mission ‘to defend the rights of the Indigenous people, guarding them against violators’”
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