Political killings in the Philippines (2001–2010)
The political killings in the Philippines are a series of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances of left-wing politicians and activists, journalists, human rights advocates, the political opposition, and outspoken clergy that have increased dramatically since 2001.
Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur and author of the Alston Report on Extrajudicial Killings in the Philippines.
United States Marines training with Philippine Marines under the Balikatan exercises.
Jose Armando R. Melo was a Filipino lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 1992 to 2002. He also served as Chairman of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), and was succeeded by election lawyer Sixto Brillantes.
Melo circa 2009