CASE DETAILS: Nine persons, one of whom a boy, have been killed, while another person has survived in attack in separate incidents in the cities of Cagayan de Oro, Davao, General Santos, Tagum and a municipality in Davao del Sur. One of those dead though was a witness who killed himself due to fear […]
PROTECTION URGENTLY NEEDED: The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has written to Pedro Acharon Jr., mayor of General Santos City; and to Commissioner Leila de Lima, chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHR), seeking for their adequate and prompt intervention to ensure witnesses to vigilante killings are given protection.
The AHRC renewed […]
STATEMENT: Below is the full text of the statement from three lawyers groups in Mindanao–Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), the Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao (UPLM), and the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG)–calling for a stop to vigilante killings there .
This was their response to the continuing vigilante killings in Southern Mindanao, particularly […]