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

December 2, 2025 - We strongly condemn the harassment and intimidation inflicted on Indigenous Woman human rights defender Elma Awingan-Tuazon and her family by elements of the Kalinga police led by PCol. Gilbert Fati-ig. On November 30, 2025, police personnel forcibly entered her home in Cawagayan, Pinukpuk, Kalinga while Elma was away with her children—an act that left her family shaken and traumatized. No one deserves this treatment from our own police, and no community sh

November 29, 2025 It has been more than a week since the military, particularly elements of the 103rd Infantry Battalion, 503rd Infantry Brigade, 5th Infantry Division, started their operations in Pinukpuk, Kalinga. The Philippine Army engaged 10 to 15 members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Pinukpuk, Kalinga, on November 21, 2025. Since then, the barangay has been experiencing lockdown conditions and restrictions on mobility. On November 23, the army clashed with the NPA.

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