Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the killing of two unarmed civilians in Tarlac
In a video circulating online, a police officer was seen ending a heated confrontation by shooting two unarmed civilians—Sonya Gregorio, 52, and Frank Anthony Gregorio, 25—at close range on Sunday afternoon in Brgy. Cabayaoasan, Paniqui, Tarlac. The suspect was identified as PSMS Jonel Nuezca, a Philippine National Police (PNP) officer in active service assigned in […]
Statement of CHR Spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the ambush against policeman in Eastern Samar
The Commission on Human Rights strongly condemns the ambush in Libuton, Borongan, Eastern Samar by alleged members of New People’s Army, which killed a policeman and wounded at least five other people. We denounce such act of deliberate and arbitrary killing by the armed opposition group as the use of disproportionate and indiscriminate force in […]