Philippine green groups urge political candidates to promote peace talks
The activists urged politicians "to stand with environmental defenders and abolish" the NTF-ELCAC
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Human rights lawyer, environmental defender gunned down in Mindanao
Macababbad was the 58th lawyer and the third member of the red-tagged National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers killed under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.
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