Sr. Stella Matutina, a Filipina Benedictine nun from Mindanao who was the recipient of 2015 Human Rights Award by the Weimar City, Germany, appears before a public hearing conducted by the House committee on human rights in Davao City on Tuesday. She said that cases filed against church people are part of the government’s continuing harrasment against human rights defenders. Beside her is Reverend Jurie Jaime of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
