Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the alleged abduction of two activists in Tabaco City, Albay
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has taken cognisance of the case involving the alleged abduction of two activists in Tabaco City, Albay. The CHR Region 5 has already launched a Quick Response Operation (QRO) to investigate the matter. Based on reports, James Jasminez, 63, was allegedly taken by a group of men and forced […]
Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the alleged abduction of pregnant rebels in Butuan City
The Commission on Human Rights has received reports of an alleged abduction of two pregnant members of the New People’s Army. The two were identified as Aurily Havana and Jennifer Binungkasan and were said to have been missing since their alleged abduction in Barangay Libertad, Butuan City on 3 November 2022 by members of the […]
Statement of CHR Executive Director, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the alleged abduction of an IP rights activist in Tabuk City, Kalinga
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) decries the alleged abduction of 63-year-old Stephen “Steve” Tauli, a member of the regional council of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) and an active advocate of indigenous people’s (IP) rights. Tauli was reported abducted near the CPA Kalinga office at Ag-a Road, Appas, Tabuk City on the evening of […]
Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty. Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the abduction of civilians and CAFGU in Mindoro
Our Constitution, alongside other laws, guarantee our right to liberty and security of persons. The Commission on Human Rights then condemns any act that transgresses on these fundamental human rights, such as in the case of the abduction allegedly perpetrated by the New People’s Army, which targeted a barangay chairman, two (2) civilians, and a […]