Tag: killings

It would be a more consoling principle to deem that the apex of their life was the death at a very young age for love of humanity

“Lack of accountability continued to facilitate unlawful killings and other human rights violations under the ... ‘war on drugs’ campaign”

The local police have yet to tag the incidents as election-related, but according to reports, the victims were supporters of a local candidate

The killings in Sorsogon came in the heels of the arrest and detention of five residents in the fishing community of Patungan Cove in Cavite

The victim was waiting for his car in front of a repair shop when two men on a motorbike arrived and shot him at close range

Of the 22 missionaries killed this year, 13 were priests, two were women religious, one was a male religious, and six were lay people

The men were on their way back to their office after working on a humanitarian response when they were caught up in the attack

Reports said state military forces killed at least 35 people and set their bodies on fire along with their vehicles

In a statement released on Monday, December 27, the prelate described the incident as "heart-breaking and horrific atrocity"

More than two dozen Myanmar civilians died at the hands of militias supporting and opposing the country’s military rulers by mid-December