A number of Christians remain missing in Marawi a month after the Philippine military liberated the city from terrorist gunmen following a five-month siege that killed more than a thousand people. The Humanitarian Emergency Action and Response Team of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao reported that as of last week at least 293 people on a Red Cross list remained unaccounted for, although it was not clear how many were Christians. The number of missing could be much higher, according to NGOs working in the region.

Justice Bhuyan Calls for Protection of Dissent and Personal Liberty
Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan has expressed concern over the growing trend of treating peaceful dissent and ordinary actions as criminal offences. Speaking at a


