Tag: land rights
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
New Catholic diocese in Bangladesh puts Indigenous land rights at center...
Lay Catholics serve remote tribal communities through legal advocacy, education, health care and pastoral work amid persistent social inequalities
Faith-based networks in Indonesia rally behind Indigenous Sihaporas in long-running land...
Faith-based groups join Indigenous Sihaporas farmers’ decades-long struggle for ancestral lands, urging government action and justice
Philippine diocese condemns large-scale mining, call for urgent environmental protection
Church leaders in Abra rally communities to resist destructive mining and safeguard rivers, land, and future generations’ rights
Philippine Catholic educators decry displacement of Palawan indigenous communities
CEAP said it is “deeply concerned by credible reports and testimonies that reveal the unjust displacement and harassment"
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’”
Energy transition projects threaten Indigenous territories in the Philippines, report says
The report raised alarm over the potential for worsening violations of FPIC rights due to the global push for energy transition projects
Land distribution in Philippines: result of collective action
It took three decades of struggle for land rights before the Tinang farmers were installed to their land on May 8
Farmers challenge Philippines’ Marcos to fast-track land distribution
“It is really frustrating. We have long been waiting for the process to be completed. How many more years do we have to wait?”
After 34 years of Philippines’ agrarian reform law, farmers continue to...
“It’s not only about land distribution, but the condition that the farmers are in now. Are they tilling their own lands?”
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