Statement of Commissioner Gwendolyn Pimentel-Gana, CHR Focal Commissioner for the Protection Cluster, on the recent deaths linked to serving search warrants to indigenous peoples in Panay
It is with utmost concern that the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has launched a motu proprio investigation into the deaths of nine (9) indigenous peoples (IPs) from the remote villages of Panay Island. The said IP members allegedly fought back when search warrants were being served at the dawn of 30 December 2020. Several […]