Tag: peace process
Mindanao religious leaders call for end to red-tagging of Church workers
The Church leaders ask authorities to allow peace activists 'to continue their work without fear of retaliation'
Religious leaders call for probe into military bombing in central Philippines
The Church leaders called on the Commission on Human Rights to investigate the bombings for violations of international humanitarian law
Philippine Church leaders urge Robredo to ‘study’ roots of armed conflict
The Church leaders urged the vice president “to dialogue with peace advocates, civil libertarians, and victims of violations of human rights"
Ecumenical peace group welcomes budget cut for gov’t’s anti-communist task force
The group said that contrary to the name of the task force to end local armed conflicts, “[it] becomes a hindrance to the promise of peace”
Faith-based peace groups find ‘resonance’ with Robredo’s views on insurgency
Kapayapaan and Pilgrims for Peace said Robredo's statement is “a positive sign that she would not endorse a purely militarist solution"
Elections in Bangsamoro region in Mindanao postponed to 2025
The election is a key provision in a 2014 peace agreement aimed at ending conflict and is due to take place in May 2022
Philippine Catholic, Protestant bishops express alarm over terrorist tag on NDFP
The Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform said the designation “tragically closes the door to a peaceful resolution of the (armed) conflict”
Philippine ecumenical peace group urges gov’t, rebels to return to negotiating...
The Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform made the call a week after a bomb explosion in Masbate City killed two people
Rights group calls for probe into killings of former priest, peace...
Former priest Rustico Tan was killed in Cebu while peace consultant Reynaldo Bocala and his aide were killed in Iloilo province
Philippine church group alarmed over tagging of peace consultants as ‘terrorists’
The church leaders warn that the move “will have far-reaching and adverse repercussions” on the peace process
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