A HUMAN rights lawyer and founding member of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) was shot dead by unknown assailants in Negros Occidental on Tuesday night, according to reports.

Benjamin Ramos, secretary general of the NUPL-Negros Occidental Chapter, was attacked by men on board a motorcycle in front of a store in Barangay 5, Kabankalan City at about 10:30 p.m.

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