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PHILIPPINES: Two journalists killed, two others receive threats in separate incidents in Mindanao

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Urgent Appeal Case : We deeply regret to inform you that two journalists have been killed while two others have received threats in separate incidents in April and May. The AHRC is deeply concerned by the ongoing attacks on journalists as a result of their work depriving them of the protection necessary to exercise their freedom of expression. Read More...

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PHILIPPINES: Massive displacement of indigenous villagers in Agusan del Norte due to military operation

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Evacuating Mamanwa indigenous people/Photo by Karapatan-Caraga

Urgent Appeal Case : We are deeply concerned about the military operations in Agusan del Norte that led to massive displacement of indigenous communities. The soldiers had allegedly indiscriminately fired upon and launched aerial bombardment in the mountain village close to their communities. As a result, the indigenous villagers, including children, had to flee depriving them their means of subsistence for fear of their lives. Read More...

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Torture in the Philippines

Unthinkable delays in investigating and filing charges in court on complaints, for example the case of the Abadilla Five, detainees who had been illegally arrested, tortured to confess responsibility to the murder of an influential police colonel, Rolando Abadilla, who was murdered in 13 June 1996, remains to have not been filed in court. Their complaints have not been resolved and filed in court, despite a by the Office of the Ombudsman for the Military and Other Law Enforcement Offices (MOLEO) despite 13 years have passed.

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