From fishing villages to Lumad sanctuaries, a war against nature continues to be waged
From fishing villages to Lumad sanctuaries, a war against nature continues to be waged
Lumads evacuate Haran sanctuary as Alamara breaks their way in. (Photo from Save Our Schools Network)
By Leon Dulce
National Coordinator, Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE)
A church sanctuary’s walls were torn down by bolo-wielding members of Alamara, a paramilitary group armed and supported by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, as they sought to evict 500 Lumad evacuees encamped in the United Churches of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) Haran Compound in Davao City last January 25.
The evacuees, hailing from the Pantaron Mountain Range and Compostela Valley, had taken refuge in the compound from the persistent militarization of their ancestral lands. Generations of Lumad leaders and warriors have been criminalized and militarized for defending the 12,600-square kilometer mountain range from logging and mining companies.
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