Reports from the police in Talavera, Nueva Ecija said that Dalangin, a 73-year-old lawyer, was shot dead in his office by an unidentified assailant aboard a motorcycle.Days before Dalangin was killed, the government came under fire from human rights organizations for supposedly allowing a culture of impunity to exist. Just this February 19, Bureau of Corrections legal division chief and lawyer Frederic Anthony Santos was killed on his way to pick up his daughter from school.
“Regrettably, the worsening impunity in the country continues to undermine the proper functioning of the rule of law including the right of people to remedies and fair trial,” De Guia said. “The CHR appeals to the Philippine National Police and other local law enforcement agencies to carry out swift and full investigation of the case to hold perpetrators accountable, and to prevent reoccurrence of such violations,” she added. “Likewise, we call on the government to guarantee the safety and physical integrity of lawyers by providing adequate protection measures.”
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