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"It is deeply concerning how deaths of individuals due to police operations were allegedly covered-up and made to look like natural deaths. We are hopeful that the DOJ investigations would shed light on these alleged grave irregularities," it said. 

Police warned Orthodox priest Fr Andrei Nozdrin and his church transferred him to a remote parish after he publicly opposed Russias renewed invasion of Ukraine, and Belarus role in this. He insisted that "a Christian cannot say that whats going on in Ukraine is good, and should understand that killing is a sin". He told Forum 18 that he will continue to teach these Christian principles. The regime has similarly targeted other Orthodox and Catholic priests.

The Commission on Audit has called out the Commission on Human Rights for hiring 130 consultants last year, with an aggregate contract cost of P24.457 million.

The Commission on Human Rights and a senator expressed support for a measure which calls for stiffer penalties for the willful and indiscriminate use of firearms, which was earlier passed the third and final reading. 

Today (27 May), trauma surgeon Alimardon Sultonov jailed for 7 years in labour camp "for criticising President Mirziyoyev, state-appointed imams .. " Both torture and 2 regime "parliamentarians" were used to try to get him to admit "guilt". On 17 May Muslim former prisoner of conscience Oybek Khamidov sentenced to 5 years jail. Against published law neither Prosecutor nor "witnesses" were in court. The Judge did not want to talk to Forum 18 about the appar...

The Commission on Human Rights is urging President Duterte to sign into law a bill that will strengthen the protection of children against online abuse and sexual exploitation.

"The question is whether it was necessary or proportionate. Mere pushing, would it constitute the use of a water cannon? The number of the protesters versus the number of [civil disturbance management] officers deployed, is it again proportionate?" De Guia said. 

List of: 9 individuals (all Sunni Muslim men) jailed for exercising freedom of religion or belief; 4 freed early from prison and serving the rest of their terms at home under restrictions; 8 former prisoners of conscience under years-long, often vague post-prison bans on specific activity; 31 individuals who have completed their jail terms have access to bank accounts blocked for up to a further 8 years. This account blocking can also block individuals from finding work or driving.

The report is aimed at highlighting the discrimination against minorities especially with reference to government job advertisements and the treatment of sanitary workers.

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Friday lauded the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) for installing navigational buoys in the West Philippine Sea to ensure safer navigation of ships and assert the country’s sovereignty in the disputed waters.