Geneva, Switzerland — The United Nations said Tuesday it was “appalled” by the apparent arbitrary killing of nine activists in the Philippines by security forces targeting alleged communist insurgents.
Eight men and one woman were killed as authorities executed search warrants before dawn on Sunday, March 7, the UN rights office said.
“We are appalled by the apparently arbitrary killing of nine activists,” Ravina Shamdasani, a spokeswoman for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, told reporters in Geneva.
The killings happened in simultaneous police and military operations in the Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal provinces surrounding Manila.
The spokeswom…
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