Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by DE SILVA Raymund
The Context
More than two weeks ago, the ISIS-inspired Maute group and the Abu Sayyaf have laid siege of the Islamic City of Marawi and currently there are no sign that the massive destruction created by these radical Islamists and the counter-siege by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) (…)
, by Reuters
Thousands remain trapped in besieged city of Marawi after 13 days of fighting between Isis-linked militants and government forces.
Thousands of civilians hoping to flee fighting in the besieged Philippine city of Marawi remained trapped on Sunday after a four-hour ceasefire to evacuate (…)
, by DE AMORE Reymund, ROUSSET Pierre
Pierre Rousset spoke, June 4, to Reymund de Amore, a member of the leadership of the Revolutionary Workers’ Party – Mindanao (RPM-M), a section of the Fourth International, about the recent fighting in Mindanao between government forces and groups identifying with Islamic State.
Since June 4, (…)
, by HOLMES Oliver
Team of 30 volunteers brave sniper fire and rocket strikes to rescue children and families trapped in Marawi.
They go by the name “Suicide Squad”, and the reason why becomes abundantly clear amid the smoke and carnage of the besieged Philippine city of Marawi.
This was once a busy urban (…)
, by MULLANY Gerry, VILLAMOR Felipe
MANILA — An airstrike by the Philippine military killed 11 of the country’s own soldiers and injured seven others as the government struggled to take back the southern city of Marawi from insurgents loyal to the Islamic State, officials said on Thursday.
The deaths came more than a week after (…)
, by #DuyogMarawi
#DuyogMarawi (Duyog is a Visayan word that means “in solidarity with”) is convened by:
– Ranaw Disaster Response and Rehabilitation Assistance Center (RDDRAC)
– Multi-Stakeholders Initiatives for Humanitarian Action against Disaster (MIHANDs)
– Alliance for Tri-people for the Advancement (…)
, by HOLMES Oliver
Curfews and heavy military presence in Iligan, a city of 350,000, amid fears Islamist militants may seek to expand conflict.
Attention: in times of Martial Law, journalists depend mostly on official military sources. Readers must take into account this objective situation. ESSF staff. (…)
Never since the early years of Marcos’ martial law in the 1970s has Marawi City, the capital of Lanao del Sur province, experienced such bloody fighting as over the past week between government troops and ISIS-linked extremist groups – the Maute Group and Abu Sayyaf. The fighting was triggered (…)
, by RPM-M
The Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa – Mindanao (RPM-M) condemns the barbaric killings and senseless destructions of properties in the Islamic City of Marawi, Mindanao. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) inspired group led by the Maute family and their armed followers tried to put (…)
, by AFP
Official death toll from week of fighting rises to at least 85 as militants clash with security forces in Muslim-majority city.
Islamist militants locked in street-to-street battles with security forces in a southern Philippine city have killed 19 civilians, the military said Sunday, bringing (…)
, by #NeverAgain, #PrayforMarawi, #StandwithMarawi, #SupportPeaceProcess
Stand with Marawi. Save the Peace Process. Defend our Rights
Marawi, the “Philippine’s premiere Islamic City” is battered but stands strong.
True to the origins of the name Marawi, it is indeed a “destination point” or “rendezvous”, for much of Mindanao’s Islamic south. The name has also (…)
, by HOLMES Oliver
Rebels linked to the jihadis have hunkered down in Marawi, with close to 100 dead following six days of clashes.
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What is happening?
Rebels linked to Islamic State have taken control of several neighbourhoods in the southern Philippine city of Marawi, with army (…)
, by RDRRAC
Our association, Europe solidaire sans frontières (ESSF) is responding to this call. Donations for humanitarian aid coming from outside the Philippines can be channeled through our bank account, for facility and if preferred (see below).
See also the call issued by Mindanao based movements, (…)
, by ALIPALA Julie S.
A military raid on the hideout in Marawi City of an Arabic-speaking Islamic preacher has sparked a full-scale battle in the Lanao del Sur provincial capital and the proclamation of martial law in Mindanao.
Isnilon Hapilon, born in 1966 and later earned an engineering degree from the (…)
, by DOCENA Herbert
We need to block rather than support Duterte’s martial law in Mindanao in order to pave the way for a different kind of peace that will not just benefit Mindanaoans but all Filipinos
As with their “war on drugs”, Duterte and his army of enablers are trying to rally support for martial law and (…)
Condemn Violence! Protect Civilians!
Uphold Human Rights at all times!
May 24, 2017
Around 2 o’clock in the afternoon of 23 May 2017, gunfight between armed men (suspected Maute Group allegedly ISIS sympathizer) and the elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) erupted in (…)
, by Al Jazeera, Telesur
The firefight has left three dead and 12 others injured.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday declared martial law in southern Mindanao province as fighting between the army and militants linked to the Islamic State broke out in Marawi City.
Duterte’s spokesman Ernesto Abella (…)
, by Associated Press
Priest and worshippers seized and police chief beheaded after government forces raid hideout of militant leader.
Militants linked to Islamic State swept through a southern Philippine city, beheading a police chief, burning buildings, seizing a Roman Catholic priest and his worshippers and (…)
, by #BlockMarcos movement, iDefend, Sentro
WE CONDEMN THE DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW !
On Tuesday night, President Rodrigo Duterte declared Martial Law on the entire Mindanao Island while on a state visit in Russia, following the fighting between the military and the Maute group.
It has to be clarified that the clashes were triggered (…)
Mindanao, the “land of promise” in the Philippines, has been drenched with the blood of thousands of Filipino brothers and sisters caught in a bitter conflict instigated by foreign and local elites who have taken control of Mindanao’s wealthy resources. The tri-peoples of Mindanao – the (…)
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