Filipino forces kill Indigenous people as state violence continues and other stories

Today we look at the massacres of Indigenous people by armed forces in the Philippines, violence against civilians by Myanmar’s junta forces, and more

June 17, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch

In today’s episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the continuing massacres of Indigenous people by military and police forces in the Philippines, the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar amid clashes between the junta forces and armed ethnic and civilian groups, the meeting between US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, and the victory of Pedro Castillo in Peru’s presidential election as far-right candidate Keiko Fujimori refuses to concede.