Since mid-1987 political killings carried out by government and government backed forces in violation of the law have become the most serious human rights problem in the Philippines. Most of the victims have been suspected supporters of the communist insurgency, many of them members of legal...

Download copies of our reports during Martial Law in the Philippines here: Amnesty International Annual Report 1972 – 1973, page 58 Amnesty International Annual Report 1974 – 1975, page 99 Amnesty International Annual Report 1981, page 250 – 257 Report of an Amnesty International...