KATRIBU condemns the harassment and intimidation against Dumagat political detainee Mario Juan, who is currently detained at the Aurora Provincial Jail. Mario Juan is a senior citizen and a Dumagat Alta of Maria Aurora, Aurora. The harassment was carried out by elements of the 91st Infantry Battalion (IB), accompanied by so-called “rebel returnees” pressuring him into revealing alleged firearms supposedly hidden in Brgy. Malakawayan, Dingalan, Aurora. He was also coerced into

KATRIBU Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas stands in unwavering solidarity with the Maranao people and the entire Bangsamoro as we mark the 9th anniversary of the 2017 Marawi siege—a devastating assault that displaced hundreds of thousands, destroyed homes and communities, and left deep wounds that remain unhealed nearly a decade later. Under the pretext of “counterterrorism,” the Duterte administration responded to the siege with relentless aerial bombardment, ar

KATRIBU condemns the decision of the Abra de Ilog Municipal Trial Court (MTC) which, on April 8, convicted nine Mangyan-Iraya residents of Sitio Malatabako on charges of “Other Forms of Trespass” filed by Pieceland Corporation. While they were acquitted of the charges of “occupation of real property” and “malicious mischief,” these cases should never have been filed in the first place against Indigenous Peoples defending their ancestral land against encroachment. The court ru