バタンガス市におけるホセ・マリー・エスティラー氏の誘拐疑惑に関する人権委員会の声明
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expresses its deep concern over the alleged abduction of Jose Marie Estiller in Batangas City on 20 February 2024. The CHR Region IV-A has launched a Quick Response Operation (QRO) to conduct a motu proprio investigation to look into the incident. Based on the available CCTV footage, Estiller was walking in broad daylight when five armed and unidentified men grabbed his shirt and dragged him against his will. This alarming incident raises serious concerns about the safety and security of not just certain individuals but the entire community. While other details of the incident remain undetermined and an investigation is currently underway, the Commission […]
Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the alleged unjust abduction of three IP advocates in Oriental Mindoro
Pursuant of our Constitutional mandate and other relevant laws, such as the Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Region IV-B has deployed a team to conduct an independent investigation on the alleged unjust abduction of three indigenous people’s rights (IP) advocates, namely Alia Encela, 19; Job Abednego David, 29; Jimby del Monte, 29. CHR monitored through reports from some groups that the young IP activists were allegedly taken by the 4th Infantry Battalion (IB) and 203rd IB in Sitio Malaglag, Barangay Lisap, Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro. In a report from the Karapatan Southern Tagalog, the three IP advocates were allegedly last seen on 19 September […]
Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the alleged abduction of an NDFP consultant in Bukidnon
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Region X has dispatched a Quick Response Operation concerning the alleged abduction of National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultant Ariel Badiang. Karapatan group alleged that Badiang, 64, was taken by soldiers in the municipality of Manolo Fortich in Bukidnon on 6 February 2023. The military has denied the allegation. As we conduct a parallel independent probe, CHR calls for urgent action from the local police and other concerned agencies to uncover the full truth on this latest report of the alleged abduction of another NDFP consultant. Enforced disappearance is a grave violation of human rights that necessitates exhaustive and expeditious investigation […]
セブ島の開発労働者2名の拉致疑惑を非難する人権委員会の声明
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) condemns the alleged abduction of two development workers, Arman Dayoha and Dyan Gumanao, who were reported missing since 10 January 2023 in Cebu City. CHR, through its regional office in Central Visayas, has already begun its independent motu proprio probe upon notice of various posts circulating online regarding their disappearance prior to being found. According to relatives and various progressive groups, they were last seen aboard MV 2GO Maligaya en route to Cebu City, but neither have been in contact nor have been present at work since the passenger ship docked at Pier 6 on 10 January 2023. This incident comes after an alleged […]