Cebu-based lawyer ambushed, 57th killed under Duterte
Cebu-based lawyer ambushed, 57th killed under Duterte
Atty. Rex Fernandez
(From the Facebook account of Rex Fernandez)
Rex JMA Fernandez is the 57th in the list of lawyers and judges killed under the Duterte administration.
By EMILY VITAL
Bulatlat.com
MANILA — Human rights lawyer Rex JMA Fernandez was ambushed by a lone assailant this afternoon August 26 in Good Shepherd Road, Banawa, Cebu City. He was 64.
According to the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL)’s count, Fernandez is the 57th in the list of lawyers and judges killed under the Duterte administration.
As a former legal counsel of human rights group Karapatan, Fernandez also took on cases of human rights victims filed military officials, including that of torture survivor Raymond Manalo against former Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr.
In a statement, NUPL President Edre Olalia condemned the incident. “No words, indeed. Another colleague has fallen with his boots on. We had lost count. It has not stopped and every lawyer is a sitting duck,”
he said.
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