MONTHLY Reports

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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