The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) condemned on Friday the “brutal and brazen” killing of a young Catholic priest in Cagayan, hoping the series of attacks against church workers “is not another form of harassment” against human rights defenders. The CHR is calling for justice over the death Fr. Mark Ventura, who was gunned down on Sunday by still-unidentified suspects in broad daylight after holding Mass in Gattaran, Cagayan. His death came four months after the murder of another Catholic priest, 72-year-old Fr. We must appeal to our common humanity at all times and demand that all killings and forms of violence that harm our human rights be stopped,” she said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 04, 2018 06:00 UTC