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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 »

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 »

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 »

Bodies of activists slain in 'Bloody Sunday' police ops finally released to kin

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 12 12:35 AM

MANILA - The bodies of several activists killed in the "Bloody Sunday" raids have been released from a morgue in Antipolo City Thursday, capping off almost 5 days of standoff between police and their kin over the custody of their remains.  Read more »

Supreme Court urged to mandate use of body cameras when serving warrants

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 10 12:33 PM

Police and law enforcement agents must wear body cameras in serving search warrants, human rights lawyers urged the Supreme Court Wednesday, following the "Bloody Sunday" killings of 9 activists in the Calabarzon region. Read more »

Bacolod court voids more search warrants issued by a QC judge

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 09 05:49 PM

A Bacolod City court has quashed more search warrants issued by a Quezon City judge against trade unionists, this time, against members of the Kilusang Mayo Uno who were arrested in Bacolod City in 2019. Read more »

No service of warrant: Labor leader brought into room and killed, lawyer claims

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 11 07:56 PM

A lawyer on Tuesday rejected claims made by police that there was a service of search warrant in the office of labor leader Manny Asuncion who was killed during Sunday's simultaneous raids in Calabarzon. Read more »

‘Weaponized’ search warrants in ‘Bloody Sunday’ killings put pressure on Supreme Court to act to prevent bloodshed

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 09 09:12 AM

The recent killings have put a spotlight on the issuance of search warrants by judges, which had become instrumental in the government’s efforts to go after left-leaning activists accused of being communist rebels. Read more »