MONTHLY Reports
April 2025
More incidents of violence by state personnel noted in Luzon in April
by John Matthew A. Cabural, Nadine Castillo, Eugene Claire Belen D. Espino, and Madeleine Ann E. Ibe
The state-related violence recorded by the Sandatahang Dahas monitor shifts its epicenter from Mindanao to Luzon, with the National Capital Region leading with 11 cases.
There were 60 victims of state-related violence in April—26 killed and 34 injured—fewer than those in the previous month (74). Since January, the government armed personnel remain the leading perpetrators by a large margin for most of these incidents.
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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).
Read full report here.
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
Mindanao experienced the highest concentration of violence, according to the same monitoring report.
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