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Philippine extrajudicial killings are politically motivated murders committed by government officers, punished by local and international law or convention.They include assassinations; deaths due to strafing or indiscriminate firing; massacre; summary execution is done if the victim becomes passive before the moment of death (i.e., abduction leading to death); assassination means forthwith or ...
Enforced disappearances in the Philippines (13 P) Pages in category "Missing person cases in the Philippines" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
Pages in category "Enforced disappearances in the Philippines" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
According to the International Commission on Missing Persons, "There are few comprehensive and reliable statistics regarding the number of persons who go missing throughout the world as a result of trafficking, drug-related violence, and migration. Even the numbers of persons missing as a result of armed conflict and human-rights abuses, which ...
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The political killings in the Philippines are a series of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances of left-wing politicians and activists, journalists, human rights advocates, the political opposition, and outspoken clergy that have increased dramatically since 2001. [1] [additional citation(s) needed]
Extrajudicial killings in the Philippines, the deliberate killing of persons without the lawful authority granted by a judicial proceeding.The term typically refers to government authorities, whether lawfully or unlawfully, targeting specific people for death, which in authoritarian regimes often involves political, trade union, dissident, religious and social figures.
Between April 2021 and January 2022, 34 cockfight enthusiasts (locally called sabungero; plural mga sabungero) from areas of Luzon, Philippines went missing. [1] Of the missing, 19 are from Laguna, six from Manila, another six from Batangas, and two from Bulacan. They have been referred to by the media as the missing sabungeros. [2] [3] [4]