CHR expresses alarm over high number of deaths, commences motu proprio investigations
20 August 2017 PRESS RELEASE CHR expresses alarm over high number of deaths, commences motu proprio investigations QUEZON CITY—The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expresses alarm over the unprecedented surge in the number of deaths in less than a week, with counts reaching 80, in the towns of Bulacan, Laguna, Cavite, and areas in […]
Press Release of the Commission on Human Rights On the Statement of Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella on Extra-Judicial Killings addressed to the European Union
03 April 2017 PRESS STATEMENT Press Release of the Commission on Human Rights On the Statement of Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella on Extra-Judicial Killings addressed to the European Union On 2 April 2017, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella cited before the media that the Commission on Human Rights had stated that the spate of extra-judicial […]
CHR Statement on the Court of Appeal’s Issuance of Permanent Protection to ‘Oplan Tokhang’ Victims
16 February 2017 PRESS STATEMENT CHR Statement on the Court of Appeal’s Issuance of Permanent Protection to ‘Oplan Tokhang’ Victims The issuance of a permanent protection order in relation to the Writ of Amparo filed in behalf of victims of Extra Judicial Killings in Payatas, Quezon City sends a strong message from the […]
CHR Statement on the Suspension of the Anti-Drug Campaign
31 January 2017 PRESS STATEMENT CHR Statement on the Suspension of the Anti-Drug Campaign The Commission on Human Rights welcomes the recent pronouncement of Chief PNP Ronald dela Rosa that all anti-drug operations shall stop nationwide while the PNP shall focus on internal cleansing. It is a recognition that the campaign is fraught with […]