Nueva Ecija Catholic priest killed in gun attack
Fr. Marcelito “Tito” Paez was shot at 8 this evening in Jaen town, Nueva Ecija. He transpired at a San Leonardo hospital.
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Fr. Marcelito “Tito” Paez was shot at 8 this evening in Jaen town, Nueva Ecija. He transpired at a San Leonardo hospital.
Karapatan said the looming extension and expansion of martial law nationwide makes the human rights situation "more urgent and dangerous."
Two development workers arrested in Negros Occidental have been languishing in jail for over a month.
“This brazen killing of a woman human rights defender and her fellow human rights advocates on the eve of International Women’s Human Rights Defenders’ Day is the latest proof of the impunity with which state forces under the Duterte administration commit human rights violations.”
Elisa Badayos of Karapatan-Central Visayas and peasant activist Elioterio Moises were killed in the attack.
"He is a killer that the military shouldn’t emulate and be proud of. The military should even condemn Palparan."
"State terrorism and repression has taken away our family members, who were labeled ‘enemies of the state.’”
Even without a “crackdown,” human rights violations under President Duterte intensify each day.
The family of slain Lumad youth Obello Bay-ao is appealing to the Department of Justice to investigate the case of his murder.
Law practitioners will come together for a two-day summit as they call to uphold the rule of law and aid victims of President Duterte’s War on Drugs.
“It’s one of our initiatives to ensure that children continue to learn while demanding immediate action from the government.”
“They are our families and we love them. We fight for the people we love.”
Among those arrested is a nursing mother who was tending to her two-month-old baby in a hospital when arrested in Oriental Mindoro.
Aside from water cannons, police now also use sonic device against protesters.
Residents of San Miguel village in Las Navas are making a stand against soldiers who encamped in their community.
Lawyers from a broad political spectrum formed Manananggol Laban sa Extrajudicial Killings, or MANLABAN sa EJK.
President Duterte’s fellow Mindanawons – the Moro and Lumad – are among the many recently disappeared.
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