TEDURAY lives matter. Norma Dalimbang Sapi, a Teduray indigenous woman, and her husband and son were shot dead in broad daylight of April 13, 2021, in Cotabato City. A few days before, John Daya Benito, a Teduray farmer, was having dinner in his house in Limpongo, Datu Hoffer, Maguindanao, when armed men stormed and shot him several times with an assault rifle. On April 2, in Brgy. Saniag, Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Michael Ado Umpal (26 years old), Malvin Timnay (17 years old), and Jomarie Saligan (23 years old) were with 12 other farmers on their way to their farms when an armed group stopped them. The others were allowed to pass, leaving Michael, Malvin, and Jomarie behind. They were killed, and their bodies burned. On March 28, Bernardo Alejandro and Anthony Sague were shot as they were standing by a sari-sari store, waiting for their companions in Awang. Days before that, Renan Arimao and his seven-year-old son, were traveling to Upi from Cotabato after selling sacks of coal, when they were shot, killing both of them. In February, Roy Obregon was also killed. In just a span of 3 months, 11 Teduray people have been killed. And the state continues to be silent. The killings are alarming. But what is even more alarming is how the state agencies turn a blind eye to these crimes against the non-Moro indigenous peoples in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). These spates of killings add to the already long list of atrocities and violations perpetrated against the Teduray people.   Loyukan condemns these brutal killings and the impunity in which these acts of violence against the Teduray people were carried out. Loyukan echoes the call of the Timuay Justice and Governance (TJG), the non-Moro Indigenous Political Structure of the Teduray and Lambangian, for justice. In one of its recent statements, TJG said “The Teduray and Lambangian communities are just counting their dead. The family, relatives, and the community are begging for justice.” We strongly urge state agencies including the Bangsamoro Human Rights Commission (BHRC) and the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs (MIPA), to take urgent and serious action to investigate these killings and prosecute the perpetrators. Inaction, or to delay any action, on these brutal murders is tantamount to saying Teduray lives do not matter. We also enjoin the National government to seriously look into the plight of the non-Moro Indigenous Peoples in Barmm, particularly the Teduray and Lambangian – how they suffer from the killings, the land grabbing which leads to massive displacement of their communities from their ancestral domain, even made more vicious at the time of Covid-19. To date, there are more than 3,000 Internally Displaced Persons. As domestic remedies seem to fail the non-Moro IPs, we further request the Philippine Government to invite the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to conduct a country visit and look into the situation of non-Moro Indigenous Peoples in the country. Peace-building in Barmm cannot progress without addressing the root causes of injustice among the Teduray and Lambangian peoples. Indigenous Peoples’ lives matter. Stop the Killings. End impunity. Respect the Ancestral Domain of the Indigenous Peoples. LOYUKAN / 4.14.2021 LOYUKAN is a Teduray term for “comrade” and is a formation of different Indigenous Political Structures, indigenous peoples organizations, IP rights advocates both organizations and individuals. Contact information – LILAK (Purple Action for Indigenous Women’s Rights) Judy A. Pasimio – 09175268341 / judy104@lilak.net Mindanao Peoples Peace Movement (MPPM) Bong Fenis - 09103414136 / fenisbong@gmail.com Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center Joolia Demigillo - 09175641609 / jdemigillo@gmail.com