Philippine Police Arrest 11 Indigenous Rights Protesters

Click to expand Image Indigenous residents from Nueva Vizcaya province protest outside the Mines and Geosciences Bureau and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Quezon City, Philippines, on July 13, 2026. © 2026 Charles Edmon Perez/JNA Press/Sipa USA via AP Photo Philippine police on August 28 dispersed a barricade that Indigenous communities had erected in Kasibu town, Nueva Vizcaya province, and arrested 11 Indigenous protesters. Members of the Bugkalot/Ilangot and other trib