Tag: extrajudicial killings
Church people stand by slain tribal leader in northern Philippines
Church groups say the killings of tribal people was “an attempt to silence" them in their fight against the mega-dam project
Human Rights Watch notes record high killing of Philippine lawyers
The human rights group said 110 lawyers were killed from 1972 to the present, and 61 of those killings have taken place since 2016
Philippine faith-based groups hit spate of killings, arrests of activists
The Church leaders denounce the 'unfathomable acts that disrespect life and violate human rights'
Philippine faith-based groups decry killing of peasant-activist
On February 5, Romeo Torres, a 52-year old peasant activist in Norzagaray town in Bulacan province, was found dead in the province of Laguna
Philippines’ ‘drug war’ killings rise during pandemic, says Human Rights Watch
The report noted that the human rights situation in the Philippines worsened as the government imposed strict lockdown measures
ATC Resolution No. 12: one resolution too many, so don’t make...
We have more than enough resolutions to last another bloody year, so don’t make any this New Year.
Philippine Bible scholars express ‘indignation’ over spate of killings
“We worship God with our lips, but our hearts are far from Him. We are hypocrites!” said the organization of Scriptures experts
Filipino mother, son killed by policeman laid to rest
Critics said President Duterte's talk of killing criminals has emboldened police to commit and cover up murder
Lighting up the void
These last few weeks of Advent in the Philippines, scenes of horror and injustice have hogged the screens and pages of both traditional and...
Philippine Church leaders counter attempts to campaign for revival of death...
The revival of the death penalty “will not resolve the faults” in the country’s justice system
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