A woman activist displays a slogan condemning the recent government attacks on activists as they hold a rally near the Malacanang presidential palace to mark International Women's Day on March 8, 2021 in Manila, Philippines. - AP
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has expressed shock and horror at the recent killings of activists in Southern Luzon and an international human rights watchdog on Wednesday (March 10) urged the UN body to immediately send a “rapid response unit” to investigate their deaths at the hands of security forces.
“We are appalled by the apparently arbitrary killing of nine activists in simultaneous police-military operations in Batangas, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal provinces surrounding Metro Manila in the Philippines in the early hours of Sunday morning, ” OHCHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said in a statement on Tuesday.
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