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 […]
AT GLANCE: From July 11 to 14, vigilante yet again murdered ten persons in separate incidents in three cities and in a municipality. These deaths took place, once again, in cities of Davao, General Santos and Cebu/Sugbu. One was reported in the municipality of Bansalan, Davao del Sur, a place close to Digos City, where […]
MURDER TRAIL: In our previous reports, we already mentioned several cases involving murders of former detainees; and those murdered in connection with the continuing unsolved robbery incidents. On June 18 and 19, another motorcycle taxi driver in General Santos City and a former detainee in Tagum City were murdered respectively once again.
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AT GLANCE: In span of three days, six persons have been killed, including a 16-year-old boy, in separate shooting incidents on pretense of “vigilante killings” in the cities of General Santos and Davao. One of the victims was reported to have been killed by mistake; but the rest were described by the police investigating these […]
AT GLANCE: Three days after a motorcycle taxi driver was killed, another driver, Jerry Balono, had been killed in broad daylight. His passenger shot him first on the back but as he was already wounded, two other gunmen repeatedly shot him to finish him off. The police claimed to have identified those responsible for […]
AT GLANCE: On June 4, another motorcycle taxi driver, Alfredo Coronel, had been killed by gunmen riding on motorcycle who attempted to forcibly steal his motorcycle from him. Alfredo’s murder adds on to the unabated murders of motorcycle taxi drivers in General Santos City. Those responsible have not been identified, arrested and charged […]
AT GLANCE: From May 28 to June 3, a local newspaper, Sun.Star, reported eight deaths of persons, two of whom were minors, on pretexts of “vigilante killings” and “gang war” respectively from the cities of General Santos, Davao and Cagayan de Oro, all in Mindanao. The victims, who were murdered by shooting and stabbing, were […]
AT GLANCE: Today, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) in Hong Kong has issued an open letter to Commissioner Leila De Lima, the newly appointed head of the Commission on Human Rights in the Philippines (CHRP), seeking for their adequate action into probing the various forms of arbitrary deprivation of lives in the country. […]
AT GLANCE: This victim, who had been previously detained for theft at the city jail, was shot on the head in front of his sister. A week before he was murdered, as friend of him, was also murdered in the same village where they lived. This victim sister had already forewarned him to take precautions […]