A noted human rights campaigner and Commission on Human Rights Chairman Chito Gascon has died due to the COVID-19.
The death was confirmed by his brother on Saturday.
“Sa dami mong laban, sa COVID pa tayo na talo! Love you Kuya! RIP Chito Gascon,” his brother Miguel Gascon said in a Facebook post.
He was 57 years old. Having served the CHR for six years, prior to his leading the organization he was a member of the Human Rights Victims Claims Board. The board is tasked to receive, evaluate, and investigate reparation claims made by victims of human rights violations during Martial Law.
Human rights lawyer and political activist, he was also the youngest member of the Constitutional Commission that drafted the 1987 Constitution as well as the 8th Congress.
Gascon graduated from the University of the Philippines with an undergraduate degree in philosophy and later obtained a Bachelor of Laws from the same school. (AW)
Noted Filipino rights campaigner Chito Gascon dies from COVID-19
Source: Pinoy News Udpates PH
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