Indigenous, Moro Peoples mark Human Rights Day; denounce plunder, intensified militarization of communities December 8, 2025 QUEZON CITY – Moro, Indigenous Peoples, and rights groups trooped to the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) General Headquarters on Monday to commemorate Indigenous Peoples and Moro Human Rights Day and protest the escalating militarization and state-sponsored attacks on their communities, now further compounded by systemic corruption. Beverly Longi

December 8 is Indigenous Peoples and Moro Human Rights Day. It marks the anniversary of the 2001 assassination of Nicanor “Ka Kano” Delos Santos, a Dumagat leader who bravely opposed the destructive Kaliwa-Kanan-Laiban dam projects in the Sierra Madre. He was murdered by military forces under the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo administration. This December 8, Moro and Indigenous Peoples, and advocates will take to the streets to condemn the continuing and intensifying human rights v

Katribu National Alliance of Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines extends our warmest congratulations to LAHURNIP (Lawyers' Association for Human Rights of Nepalese Indigenous Peoples) for receiving the 2025 Human Rights and Business Award, announced in Geneva during the annual United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights. For three decades, LAHURNIP’s Indigenous lawyers have courageously stood with grassroots Indigenous communities in Nepal: defending their rights, se