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#Bulatlat20 | Filling the gaps By INDAY ESPINA-VARONA I knew what Lumad meant, but that knowledge ended at the dictionary definition: unislamized, unchristianized indigenous peoples of Mindanao, pushed to the margins, often the targets of all-around discrimination. It was a series of July 2015 video reports by Davao City-based Kilab Multimedia that sparked an urge to plug what turned out to be a yawning hole of ignorance. The first video showed an attempt by armed men to storm the compound of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) in Haran, a village near the center of Mindanao...

(Photo courtesy of Save Our Schools Network) In a joint statement, Save Our Schools Network (SOSN) and Sabokahan Unity of Lumad Women said that, since July 2020, the lumad, Moro, and other national minority individuals and organizations have been filing petitions to question the constitutionality of the anti-terror law. The groups added that the anti-terror law targets indigenous peoples and their advocates, citing the arrest of two Aeta evacuees Japer Gurung and Junior Ramos, who were both falsely charged with “terrorism” in November 2020. Arms and explosives were allegedly seized from G...