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| Photo by Bigkis at Lakas ng mga Katutubo sa Timog Katagalugan (Federation of Southern Tagalog Indigenous People) |
August 22, 2012
PHOTO RELEASE
Indigenous people conduct protest
action at Mendiola, commemorates International Day of
Indigenous People
In commemoration of the International Day of Indigenous People, more than a hundred indigenous people from Southern Tagalog and Central Luzon, along with their supporters, conducted on August 22, 2012, a protest action against the Mining Act of 1995 and the Executive Order 79 of President Benigno Aquino III.
The indigenous people burned and threw javelins at a 6-foot tall back hoe-military tank effigy at the Mendiola Bridge to condemn and oppose the anti-environment and anti-people policies of the Aquino regime.
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| Photo by Bigkis at Lakas ng mga Katutubo sa Timog Katagalugan (Federation of Southern Tagalog Indigenous People) |
[Lagpas isang daang katutubo mula sa Timog Katagalugan at Gitnang Luzon, kasama ang kanilang mga taga-suporta, ang naglunsad ng kilos-protesta laban sa Mining Act of 1995 at Executive Order 79 ni Aquino sa Mendiola kaninang 10 ng umaga bilang paggunita sa International Day of Indigenous People. Sinibat at sinunog ng mga katutubo ang isang 6ft tall back hoe-military tank effigy, simbolo ng kanilang pagkundina at pagtutol sa mga anti-kalikasan at anti-katutubong batas ni Aquino.]