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The bishop called for an investigation into the killings and for a “speedy disposition of their cases so that justice may be served"

“The cries for justice and solidarity ring out from those bent-over under heavy burdens,” said Bishop Gerardo Alminaza of San Carlos

Bishop Cortes of Dumaguete said the “oratio imperata,” which will be prayed during Masses, is an expression of the call to stop the killings

Government statistics show that state security forces “killed 50 percent more people” from April to July than in the preceding four months

The groups voiced alarm over what they described as the “deteriorating human rights situation in the country.”

The Promotion of Church People’s Response in Panay said most activists who were killed in the region were “red-tagged” and vilified first

As cases of Covid-19 breached the 160,000th mark, the death toll of “vigilante killings” in the country also rose

Human rights defender Zara Alvarez is latest victim in the Philippines' spate of extrajudicial killings

The victim was identified as Zara Alvarez, former education director and a paralegal staff member of rights group Karapatan in Negros.

Activist Randy Echanis was killed inside a rented house in Quezon City by still unidentified assailants on August 10