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PROTECT THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS |
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Written by initiatives for international dialogue
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Jun 16, 2009 at 05:23 AM |
The Initiatives for International Dialogue expresses grave concern over the blatant violation of human rights of the internally displaced persons in Maguindanao who continue to receive the blow in the obsession for a military solution to the conflict in Mindanao. Maguindanao is one of the five provinces under the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
The question on how best to protect civilians from forced displacement continues to be an issue of grave concern to all of us. Apparently, the situation in the conflict affected areas in Mindanao showcases the lack of effective national and international responses to the issue.
We, the Initiatives for International Dialogue firmly believe that government should be in the forefront of addressing the protection rights of the internally displaced persons |
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PRESS STATEMENT ON THE INDISCRIMINATE BOMBINGS OF TEDURAY COMMUNITIES IN GUINDULUNGAN, MAGUINDANAO |
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Written by Mindanao Peace Weavers
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May 25, 2009 at 10:05 PM |
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Responding to an urgent request from the Teduray inhabitants in Sitios Fute, Keturanga and Tamatalun in Barangay Ahan, Guindulungan, Maguindanao, the Mindanao Peoples’ Peace Movement (MPPM), the Alyansa ng mga Mamamayan para sa Karapatang Pantao (AMKP) and the Lumad Development Center, Inc. (LDCI) sent a 19-member Study Mission to look into reported incidences of indiscriminate bombings of civilian Teduray communities and to assess the situation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the province of Maguindanao. |
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Last Updated ( May 25, 2009 at 10:15 PM )
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Peace advocates appeal to GMA and MILF to stop war |
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Written by Angging Aban
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Nov 06, 2008 at 07:44 AM |
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Peace advocates appeal to government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to stop the armed hostilities in Mindanao after the Supreme Court junked the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) for being unconstitutional. |
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PEACE ADVOCATES' APPEAL TO PRESIDENTARROYO AND MILF CHAIRMAN MURAD |
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Written by MPW
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Nov 02, 2008 at 08:31 PM |
A letter of appeal addressed to Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President of the Republic of the Philippines and Chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
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War Against Women, Women Against War |
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Written by Workshop Participants
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Sep 17, 2008 at 09:12 PM |
We are women who experience war and know too well its bitter consequences. As bearers of life, coming from various islands of the country, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, we uphold and defend it from anything and anyone that infringes and diminishes its integrity. As grassroots community organizers, teachers, humanitarian relief workers, barangay officials, women's rights advocates, development specialists, human rights defenders, mothers, sisters, daughters, and wives, we have spent more than a decade responding to the victims and survivors of the unending conflict, helping them to rebuild lives and communities, only to see these shattered again.
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NFI President Fr. Calvo Appeals for Immediate Release of Kidnapped Foundation Personnel |
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Written by PAZ
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Aug 15, 2008 at 12:00 AM |
THE president of Nagdilaab Foundation, Inc (NFI) whose program director, Esperancita Hupida, was kidnapped with four other non-government organization personnel in Tipo-Tipo municipality, Basilan this afternoon is appealing to the abductors to immediately release the victims in the spirit of the religious celebration of the current month of Ramadan.
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Let the broader dialogue on the MOA begin! |
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Written by Karen Tanada/Waging Peace in the Philippines
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Aug 09, 2008 at 11:41 PM |
So much furor has been generated by the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on Ancestral Domain being forged between the Philippine government and the MILF. Tragically, the lack of transparency and consultation, and the contentious political context of President Arroyo’s questioned legitimacy, have led to intense negative reactions that may even fuel more conflict. Yet after four decades of armed conflict, the majority of people long for peace in Mindanao. In recent years, many citizens have also been doing their share to build peace : establishing peace and development communities and sanctuaries of peace, monitoring ceasefires, sustaining interfaith dialogues, celebrating the annual Mindanao Week of Peace, understanding ourselves as a nation of nations.
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