Asserting rights to ancestral land and self-determination are not acts of terrorism (LOYUKAN stateme
We, members of LOYUKAN – a formation of indigenous peoples organizations and IP rights advocates – are alarmed with the inclusion of indigenous peoples in a list of 600 names submitted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to the Manila Regional Trial Court to be declared as “terrorists”. This wreckless move of the DOJ makes the persons on the list easy military targets, regardless of the veracity of the list, and the pending court process called “proscription proceedings” – pub