Commission on Human Rights
(MANILA BULLETIN)
In a statement, the CHR said those responsible for the beating of Ernanie Lumban who died thereafter must be held accountable.
“It is strongly condemnable that the curfew policy, which is supposed to protect our right to health, became the reason for the deprivation of the utmost right to life,” the CHR said through Spokesperson Jacqueline Anne de Guia.n a she added.
De Guia even said that beating a person over a minor offense may be tantamount to torture, as doing so is “an attack on human dignity.”
“Such excessive punishment can be considered as grave abuse of authority and those who shall be proven to have committed an overreach must be held accountable,” she said.