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CHR probes slay of 2 activists as group hints 'torture'

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 08:02 PM

CHR said an emergency cash assistance was given for the autopsy of Jaymar Palero's body. Read more »

De Lima calls for 'serious, impartial' probe on deaths of 2 activists in Albay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 31 12:01 PM

The activists were spray painting the words "Duterte Ibagsak" just hours before the President's State of the Nation Address (SONA) when they were shot dead by police for allegedly fighting back.   Read more »

Solons seek probe over killing of 2 activists caught painting 'Duterte Ibagsak' slogan

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 29 03:35 PM

Some lawmakers from the House of Representatives on Thursday filed a resolution seeking a probe into the killing by police of 2 farmer-activists in Guinobatan, Albay after being caught vandalizing a bridge with a supposedly anti-administration graffiti.   Read more »

Groups decry killing of 2 farmer-activists 'caught' painting 'Duterte Ibagsak' graffiti

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 27 08:21 PM

Two activists in Albay were gunned down by police early morning Monday when they allegedly fought back after being accosted vandalizing a bridge with an anti-Duterte remark. Rights groups are condemning the incident and asking for a thorough investigation.  Read more »

Autopsy suggests 'Bloody Sunday' victims were 'shot to be killed': forensic pathologist

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 08 02:18 PM

Autopsy results of nine activists who were killed by police and military during simultaneous raids in Calabarzon in March suggest they were "shot to be killed," a forensic pathologist who conducted the examination said Thursday. Read more »

Pro-democracy activists appear in Hong Kong court

Peter Parks, AFP
Posted at May 31 06:32 PM

The 47 are charged with subversion under the law for participating in an unofficial primary election, which was scheduled for last year but later postponed.  Read more »

2 courts junk bid to quash search warrants vs ‘HRD7’ activists despite earlier court ruling

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 26 07:59 AM

Two courts in Manila and Quezon City have denied the bid of 4 activists arrested on International Human Rights Day last year to junk the search warrants issued by a Quezon City court which led to their arrests. Read more »

Myanmar activists say more than 800 killed by security forces since coup

Reuters
Posted at May 18 11:38 AM

More than 800 people have been killed by Myanmar's security forces since a wave of protests broke out across the country after the military seized power in a coup in February, an activist group said. Read more »

DOJ: Probe into activist killings 'somehow restricted' by ECQ

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 05 06:20 PM

The Department of Justice said on Monday its investigation into the recent killing of several activists was "somehow restricted" by the toughest quarantine level imposed in Metro Manila and four surrounding provinces.  Read more »

Solon blames Duterte administration for 'regular' killings of unionists, activists

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 30 11:53 AM

Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Ferdinand Gaite on Tuesday hold the Duterte administration responsible for the killings of unionists and activists following the recent death of a labor leader in Laguna. Read more »

With greater scrutiny on service of warrants, activists fear rise in vigilante-style killings

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 30 02:14 AM

The killing of Dandy Miguel shocked fellow labor activists not just by his brutal death but also because they fear it could mark a shift in the way activists are killed in the region. Read more »

Baguio court orders Cordillera police to stop red-tagging youth activists

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 11:44 PM

Philippine security forces face more pushback over their alleged red-baiting activities. This time a Baguio City court orders police in Cordillera to stop tagging youth activists as terrorists. Read more »

CJ Peralta urged: Revise rules on search warrants; stop killings, red-tagging, abuses

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 23 01:01 AM

On his final week in office, Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta is urged by various lawyers and rights groups to revise the rules on search warrants and leave a legacy of stopping killings, red-tagging and other abuses supposedly committed by state forces. Read more »

Group blasts arrest of 'red-tagged' Butuan vice principal, demands release

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 18 12:29 PM

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) demanded Thursday the release of one of its members in Caraga region, whom the progressive group said was arrested by authorities on a trumped-up charge. Read more »

Lawmakers seek probe into police profiling of activists' lawyers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 18 09:16 AM

Lawmakers have called on the House of Representatives to investigate the profiling of lawyers who represent red-tagged activists.   Read more »

PNP applied for 72 search warrants for ‘Bloody Sunday’ - SC official

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 16 08:43 PM

Of the 72 applications, 63 were filed before the regional trial court (RTC) of Manila and the other 9 were filed before the Antipolo regional trial court, according to a Mar. 12, 2021 report by Court Administrator Midas Marquez to Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta. Read more »

61-year-old paralegal still in jail following 'Bloody Sunday' arrest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 11:49 PM

A funeral is held for one of the 9 Philippine activists killed in separate police raids a week ago. Read more »

Indigenous tribe members flee Rizal province after 'Bloody Sunday' killings

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 13 03:57 AM

Human rights officials in the Philippines probe the deaths of two indigenous tribe members who were among nine persons killed by police on what activists call as "Bloody Sunday". Read more »

Senate probe sought on 'Bloody Sunday' killings

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 12 12:07 PM

A senator has filed a resolution seeking to investigate the slay of 9 activists during police and military raids in Calabarzon, which has been tagged by right groups as "Bloody Sunday".   Read more »

DOJ to endorse probe of 'Bloody Sunday' killings to EJK inter-agency committee

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 12 04:54 AM

The Philippine justice department will endorse to the inter-agency committee on extra-judicial killings the probe into Sunday's deadly police raids on activists. Meanwhile, authorities allegedly prevented the victims' families from claiming the bodies of their loved ones. Read more »