2020 Annual Report on the Human Rights Situation in the Philippines 57 191 The issue of Echanis’ body allegedly being seized by police officers started after finding out about his identity. His wife said that more than 10 police officers from La Loma PNP forcibly took the cadaver on Monday night from them after they transferred it to the family’s preferred funeral home.250 192 On the side of the QCPD, Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (CIDU) chief Maj. Elmer Monsalve earlier said that the police officers took the cadaver because an order was necessary for its release.273 193 Zara Alvarez, former education director of the human rights alliance Karapatan, died on the spot after being shot six times as she was heading home after buying food for dinner. She was the 13th member of the organization killed since mid-2016, when President Duterte came to power, the group said. Police said Alvarez was killed by an unidentified assailant in the central city of Bacolod. Witnesses reportedly chased the attacker, who got away with the help of an accomplice on a motorcycle. 251 194 Bea Milda Ansabo, a female indigenous peoples’ rights’ activist and a leader of the Manobo tribe who actively promoted programs protecting ancestral lands from capitalists, was 250 Talabong, Rambo. “Police ‘forcibly takes’ Randy Echanis’ body from funeral home,” Rappler, 11 August 2020, available at https://www.rappler.com/nation/police-forcibly-takes-randy-echanis-body-funeral-home, accessed 18 December 2020. 251 Lalu, Gabriel. “HR says alleged snatching of Ecanis’ body an issue of respect for human dignity,” Inquirer.Net, 11 August 2020, available at https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1320197/chr-says-alleged-seizure-of-ndfp-consultants-bodyan–issue-of-respect-for-human-dignity, accessed 18 December 2020.