MONTHLY Reports

March 2025

Mindanao continues to be volatile despite ‘insurgency-free’ areas

by John Matthew A. Cabural, Nadine Castillo, Eugene Claire Belen D. Espino, and Madeleine Ann E. Ibe

Mindanao remains the epicenter of armed violence in the March 2025 Sandatahang Dahas’ mapping of state-related fatalities and injuries despite some areas previously considered by the government as low-risk or “insurgency-free.”

The total number of victims of state-related violence in March is 74: 40 killed, 34 injured. This is 21% higher than that of February (61) and 32% higher than that of January (56),

Mindanao accounts for 17 of the 40 killings and 15 of the 34 injuries.

 

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February 2025

State-related killings in February up with police in the lead – Sandatahang Dahas

by John Matthew A. Cabural, Nadine Castillo, Eugene Claire Belen D. Espino, and Madeleine Ann E. Ibe

Violence involving armed government personnel registered an increase while the police continue to lead in the killings of civilians who are subject of their operations, monitoring by Sandatahang Dahas’s for February 2025 showed.

In February this year, there were 61 recorded cases of state-related violence (25 killings, 36 injuries) compared to 56 last January (31 killings, 25 injuries).

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January 2025

Majority of 31 killed in state-related violence in January 2025 attributed to police- Sandatahang Dahas monitor

by John Matthew A. Cabural, Nadine Castillo, Eugene Claire Belen D. Espino, and Madeleine Ann E. Ibe

The year 2025 started with 31 persons killed in state-related violence for the month of January with more than half of the casualties attributed to the Philippine National Police, monitoring by  Sandatahang Dahas of the UP Third World Studies Center (TWSC) showed.

Mindanao experienced the highest concentration of violence, according to the same monitoring report.

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