MANILA, Philippines — The activist who was killed in Bacolod City was one of the paralegals who helped to bring human rights issues in the Negros island to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), an international group revealed. ICHRP noted that Alvarez was working with them even though she was the subject of alleged red-tagging and harassment. “Human rights defenders, farmers, farmworkers and civilians are being slayed one after the other with brazen impunity. These are our colleagues and fellow human rights advocates who are being killed like cattle,” ICHRP Chairperson Peter Murphy added. We witnessed in our visit in Negros her undeniable dedication to human rights work,” ICHRP vice-chairperson Rev.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 19, 2020 10:05 UTC