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ILOILO CITY, Iloilo, Philippines --- For the past several days, fear has gripped Zara Alvarez every time her phone rang or when she received a text message. «Who is it this time? How many? Where?» she would ask. Alvarez, a volunteer of the hSpate of killings instills fear among Negros residents
ILOILO CITY, Iloilo, Philippines --- For the past several days, fear has gripped Zara Alvarez every time her phone rang or when she received a text message. «Who is it this time? How many? Where?» she would ask. Alvarez, a volunteer of the human rights group Karapatan in Negros Island, helps in monitoring the cases of extrajudicial killings, arrests and other human rights violations in the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental. 13 killed in 5 days While killings of civilians have continued to increase since January 2017, she has been overwhelmed with the spate of killings especially last week when at least 13 persons were gunned down in separate incidents in citi...Keep on reading: Spate of killings instills fear among Negros residents Read more











