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Among those of note killed was Associate Justice Antonio Villa-Real, his wife and several foreigners. They were made to kneel while the house was bombed with grenades. Taal Massacres 16 -18 February 1945 Taal, Batangas: Conflicting reports 246 killed, 12 injured (Exhibit A of USA vs. Yamashita [33]) ~320 (Prosecution Section Report #90)
Killed in a gun duel with the town's mayor, who also died. 20 September 1985 Juvelyn Jaravello, youth activist Pro-government paramilitaries Among 20 people who were killed in the Escalante massacre, mostly from gunshot wounds. 30 September 1985 Victor Lopez Jr., barangay chairman in Tondo, Manila: 23 October 1985
62,841 killed (1969–2022) (according to the Philippine Army) The New People's Army rebellion (often shortened to NPA rebellion, among other acronym-based names) is an ongoing conflict between the government of the Philippines and the New People's Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Marxist–Leninist–Maoist [ 3][ 9] Communist Party of the ...
ISBN. 9780593133132. Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country is a 2023 book by journalist Patricia Evangelista, published by Random House. The book documents the thousands of Filipinos killed by extrajudicial death squads and vigilantes during the administration of the president of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte .
The dictatorship of 10th Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos in the 1970s and 1980s is historically remembered for its record of human rights abuses, [ 1][ 2] particularly targeting political opponents, student activists, [ 3] journalists, religious workers, farmers, and others who fought against his dictatorship.
Philippine extrajudicial killings are politically motivated murders committed by government officers, punished by local and international law or convention.They include assassinations; deaths due to strafing or indiscriminate firing; massacre; summary execution is done if the victim becomes passive before the moment of death (i.e., abduction leading to death); assassination means forthwith or ...
Legal aspects. According to Philippine laws, terrorism is a crime under the Human Security Act of 2007 which describes such acts as causing "widespread and extraordinary fear and panic among the populace". The first group to be officially listed as a terrorist organization under the law was the Abu Sayyaf on September 10, 2015, by the Basilan ...
During the Japanese occupation of the islands in World War II, there was an extensive Philippine resistance movement ( Filipino: Kilusan ng Paglaban sa Pilipinas ), which opposed the Japanese and their collaborators with active underground and guerrilla activity that increased over the years. Fighting the guerrillas – apart from the Japanese ...