Zara Alvarez
Filipino social movements demand protection for human rights lawyers and their clients
A week after authorities named peace activists and political prisoners as “terrorists,” raising alarm over continued crackdown, rights groups have called for court intervention to protect human rights lawyers
Filipino activists reiterate demands for protection from political murders
Human rights advocacy group Karapatan Alliance has approached the Philippines supreme court seeking protection. The group has documented the murder of 185 human rights defenders and social movement activists since July 2016
Social activist and rights advocate Zara Alvarez murdered in the Philippines
Zara Alvarez was killed by unidentified gunmen in Bacolod City on Monday. The incident comes a week after NDF peace consultant Randall Echanis was killed near the capital Manila
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