Statement of the Commission on Human Rights expressing concern over the 176 bodies of persons deprived of liberty unclaimed in a funeral home
The recent discovery of alleged 176 bodies of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) stored and unclaimed in a funeral home since December 2021 is a cause for serious concern for the Commission on Human Rights (CHR). The unclaimed bodies were discovered in the course of the ongoing investigation into the killing of broadcaster Percy Lapid. […]
Statement of CHR Spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the recent Bilibid riot
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is gravely concerned with the recent report by Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) on the deaths of three persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) and the injury of fourteen other PDLs after a riot occurred at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City on New Year’s Day. Injured and killed […]
Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the recent complaint filed against strip and body cavity searches in the New Bilibid Prison
The Commission on Human Rights on Monday, 6 January 2020, received a letter complaint personally filed before our office in Quezon City regarding strip searches made at the New Bilibid Prison (NDP). In her account, Jimmylisa Badayos details how she underwent a strip search, despite feeling degraded, just so she could visit her partner, Calixto […]