Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline de Guia, on the killing of a CHR security guard in front of the CHR – Region IX office in Zamboanga
A security guard of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) – Region IX was shot dead in front of the regional office in Zamboanga City on 13 December 2020. We strongly condemn this brazen attack on the very grounds of CHR—it speaks of the pervasiveness of violence and the thick shroud of impunity that darken […]
Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the Zamboanga City mosque blast
The Commission on Human Rights strongly condemns another episode of senseless attack against civilians with the bombing of a mosque in Zamboanga City. It is alarming that this incident happened just days after Jolo, Sulu suffered from twin bombings at a Catholic cathedral. These acts of terrorism is an affront to the dignity of every […]
Statement of CHR IX Regional Director, Atty. Frederick Ian Capin, on the recent attack in Jolo, Sulu
The Commission on Human Rights Regional Office IX condemns in the strongest terms the recent barbaric act of terrorism particularly in attacking the Catholic Cathedral in Barangay Walled City, Jolo, Sulu, six (6) days after the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite. Initial report revealed that a bomb exploded early Sunday morning inside the Catholic Cathedral […]