(From left) Michael Howard, Salai Ling (executive director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), and lawyer Romel Bagares, with members of the Burmese Diaspora group, go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on April 2, 2025 to file a Motion for Reconsideration, urging the DOJ to review its decision to undocket and return a war crimes complaint the group filed last year against Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling junta. It was the DOJ prosecutor general who returned the group's complaint filed in October 2023 against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other members of the Tatmadaw, based on Republic Act 9851, or the Philippine International Humanitarian Law Act. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
(From left) Michael Howard, Salai Ling (executive director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), and lawyer Romel Bagares, with members of the Burmese Diaspora group, go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on April 2, 2025 to file a Motion for Reconsideration, urging the DOJ to review its decision to undocket and return a war crimes complaint the group filed last year against Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling junta. It was the DOJ prosecutor general who returned the group's complaint filed in October 2023 against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other members of the Tatmadaw, based on Republic Act 9851, or the Philippine International Humanitarian Law Act. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
(From left) Michael Howard, Salai Ling (executive director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), and lawyer Romel Bagares, with members of the Burmese Diaspora group, go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on April 2, 2025 to file a Motion for Reconsideration, urging the DOJ to review its decision to undocket and return a war crimes complaint the group filed last year against Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling junta. It was the DOJ prosecutor general who returned the group's complaint filed in October 2023 against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other members of the Tatmadaw, based on Republic Act 9851, or the Philippine International Humanitarian Law Act. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
(From left) Michael Howard, Salai Ling (executive director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), and lawyer Romel Bagares, with members of the Burmese Diaspora group, go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on April 2, 2025 to file a Motion for Reconsideration, urging the DOJ to review its decision to undocket and return a war crimes complaint the group filed last year against Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling junta. It was the DOJ prosecutor general who returned the group's complaint filed in October 2023 against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other members of the Tatmadaw, based on Republic Act 9851, or the Philippine International Humanitarian Law Act. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
(From left) Michael Howard, Salai Ling (executive director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), and lawyer Romel Bagares, with members of the Burmese Diaspora group, go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on April 2, 2025 to file a Motion for Reconsideration, urging the DOJ to review its decision to undocket and return a war crimes complaint the group filed last year against Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling junta. It was the DOJ prosecutor general who returned the group's complaint filed in October 2023 against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other members of the Tatmadaw, based on Republic Act 9851, or the Philippine International Humanitarian Law Act. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
(From left) Michael Howard, Salai Ling (executive director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), and lawyer Romel Bagares, with members of the Burmese Diaspora group, go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on April 2, 2025 to file a Motion for Reconsideration, urging the DOJ to review its decision to undocket and return a war crimes complaint the group filed last year against Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling junta. It was the DOJ prosecutor general who returned the group's complaint filed in October 2023 against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other members of the Tatmadaw, based on Republic Act 9851, or the Philippine International Humanitarian Law Act. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
(From left) Michael Howard, Salai Ling (executive director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), and lawyer Romel Bagares, with members of the Burmese Diaspora group, go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on April 2, 2025 to file a Motion for Reconsideration, urging the DOJ to review its decision to undocket and return a war crimes complaint the group filed last year against Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling junta. It was the DOJ prosecutor general who returned the group's complaint filed in October 2023 against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other members of the Tatmadaw, based on Republic Act 9851, or the Philippine International Humanitarian Law Act. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
(From left) Michael Howard, Salai Ling (executive director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), and lawyer Romel Bagares, with members of the Burmese Diaspora group, go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on April 2, 2025 to file a Motion for Reconsideration, urging the DOJ to review its decision to undocket and return a war crimes complaint the group filed last year against Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling junta. It was the DOJ prosecutor general who returned the group's complaint filed in October 2023 against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other members of the Tatmadaw, based on Republic Act 9851, or the Philippine International Humanitarian Law Act. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
(From left) Michael Howard, Salai Ling (executive director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), and lawyer Romel Bagares, with members of the Burmese Diaspora group, go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on April 2, 2025 to file a Motion for Reconsideration, urging the DOJ to review its decision to undocket and return a war crimes complaint the group filed last year against Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling junta. It was the DOJ prosecutor general who returned the group's complaint filed in October 2023 against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other members of the Tatmadaw, based on Republic Act 9851, or the Philippine International Humanitarian Law Act. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
(From left) Michael Howard, Salai Ling (executive director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), and lawyer Romel Bagares, with members of the Burmese Diaspora group, go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on April 2, 2025 to file a Motion for Reconsideration, urging the DOJ to review its decision to undocket and return a war crimes complaint the group filed last year against Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling junta. It was the DOJ prosecutor general who returned the group's complaint filed in October 2023 against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other members of the Tatmadaw, based on Republic Act 9851, or the Philippine International Humanitarian Law Act. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
(From left) Michael Howard, Salai Ling (executive director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), and lawyer Romel Bagares, with members of the Burmese Diaspora group, go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on April 2, 2025 to file a Motion for Reconsideration, urging the DOJ to review its decision to undocket and return a war crimes complaint the group filed last year against Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling junta. It was the DOJ prosecutor general who returned the group's complaint filed in October 2023 against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other members of the Tatmadaw, based on Republic Act 9851, or the Philippine International Humanitarian Law Act. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
(From left) Michael Howard, Salai Ling (executive director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), and lawyer Romel Bagares, with members of the Burmese Diaspora group, go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on April 2, 2025 to file a Motion for Reconsideration, urging the DOJ to review its decision to undocket and return a war crimes complaint the group filed last year against Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling junta. It was the DOJ prosecutor general who returned the group's complaint filed in October 2023 against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other members of the Tatmadaw, based on Republic Act 9851, or the Philippine International Humanitarian Law Act. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
(From left) Michael Howard, Salai Ling (executive director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), and lawyer Romel Bagares, with members of the Burmese Diaspora group, go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on April 2, 2025 to file a Motion for Reconsideration, urging the DOJ to review its decision to undocket and return a war crimes complaint the group filed last year against Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling junta. It was the DOJ prosecutor general who returned the group's complaint filed in October 2023 against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other members of the Tatmadaw, based on Republic Act 9851, or the Philippine International Humanitarian Law Act. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
(From left) Michael Howard, Salai Ling (executive director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), and lawyer Romel Bagares, with members of the Burmese Diaspora group, go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on April 2, 2025 to file a Motion for Reconsideration, urging the DOJ to review its decision to undocket and return a war crimes complaint the group filed last year against Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling junta. It was the DOJ prosecutor general who returned the group's complaint filed in October 2023 against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other members of the Tatmadaw, based on Republic Act 9851, or the Philippine International Humanitarian Law Act. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
(From left) Michael Howard, Salai Ling (executive director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), and lawyer Romel Bagares, with members of the Burmese Diaspora group, go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on April 2, 2025 to file a Motion for Reconsideration, urging the DOJ to review its decision to undocket and return a war crimes complaint the group filed last year against Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling junta. It was the DOJ prosecutor general who returned the group's complaint filed in October 2023 against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other members of the Tatmadaw, based on Republic Act 9851, or the Philippine International Humanitarian Law Act. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
(From left) Michael Howard, Salai Ling (executive director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), and lawyer Romel Bagares, with members of the Burmese Diaspora group, go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on April 2, 2025 to file a Motion for Reconsideration, urging the DOJ to review its decision to undocket and return a war crimes complaint the group filed last year against Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling junta. It was the DOJ prosecutor general who returned the group's complaint filed in October 2023 against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other members of the Tatmadaw, based on Republic Act 9851, or the Philippine International Humanitarian Law Act. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
(From left) Michael Howard, Salai Ling (executive director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), and lawyer Romel Bagares, with members of the Burmese Diaspora group, go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on April 2, 2025 to file a Motion for Reconsideration, urging the DOJ to review its decision to undocket and return a war crimes complaint the group filed last year against Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling junta. It was the DOJ prosecutor general who returned the group's complaint filed in October 2023 against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other members of the Tatmadaw, based on Republic Act 9851, or the Philippine International Humanitarian Law Act. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
(From left) Michael Howard, Salai Ling (executive director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), and lawyer Romel Bagares, with members of the Burmese Diaspora group, go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on April 2, 2025 to file a Motion for Reconsideration, urging the DOJ to review its decision to undocket and return a war crimes complaint the group filed last year against Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling junta. It was the DOJ prosecutor general who returned the group's complaint filed in October 2023 against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other members of the Tatmadaw, based on Republic Act 9851, or the Philippine International Humanitarian Law Act. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
(From left) Michael Howard, Salai Ling (executive director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), and lawyer Romel Bagares, with members of the Burmese Diaspora group, go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on April 2, 2025 to file a Motion for Reconsideration, urging the DOJ to review its decision to undocket and return a war crimes complaint the group filed last year against Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling junta. It was the DOJ prosecutor general who returned the group's complaint filed in October 2023 against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other members of the Tatmadaw, based on Republic Act 9851, or the Philippine International Humanitarian Law Act. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
(From left) Michael Howard, Salai Ling (executive director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), and lawyer Romel Bagares, with members of the Burmese Diaspora group, go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on April 2, 2025 to file a Motion for Reconsideration, urging the DOJ to review its decision to undocket and return a war crimes complaint the group filed last year against Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling junta. It was the DOJ prosecutor general who returned the group's complaint filed in October 2023 against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other members of the Tatmadaw, based on Republic Act 9851, or the Philippine International Humanitarian Law Act. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
(From left) Michael Howard, Salai Ling (executive director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), and lawyer Romel Bagares, with members of the Burmese Diaspora group, go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on April 2, 2025 to file a Motion for Reconsideration, urging the DOJ to review its decision to undocket and return a war crimes complaint the group filed last year against Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling junta. It was the DOJ prosecutor general who returned the group's complaint filed in October 2023 against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other members of the Tatmadaw, based on Republic Act 9851, or the Philippine International Humanitarian Law Act. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
(From left) Michael Howard, Salai Ling (executive director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), and lawyer Romel Bagares, with members of the Burmese Diaspora group, go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on April 2, 2025 to file a Motion for Reconsideration, urging the DOJ to review its decision to undocket and return a war crimes complaint the group filed last year against Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling junta. It was the DOJ prosecutor general who returned the group's complaint filed in October 2023 against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other members of the Tatmadaw, based on Republic Act 9851, or the Philippine International Humanitarian Law Act. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
(From left) Michael Howard, Salai Ling (executive director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), and lawyer Romel Bagares, with members of the Burmese Diaspora group, go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on April 2, 2025 to file a Motion for Reconsideration, urging the DOJ to review its decision to undocket and return a war crimes complaint the group filed last year against Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling junta. It was the DOJ prosecutor general who returned the group's complaint filed in October 2023 against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other members of the Tatmadaw, based on Republic Act 9851, or the Philippine International Humanitarian Law Act. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO
(From left) Michael Howard, Salai Ling (executive director of the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), and lawyer Romel Bagares, with members of the Burmese Diaspora group, go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on April 2, 2025 to file a Motion for Reconsideration, urging the DOJ to review its decision to undocket and return a war crimes complaint the group filed last year against Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling junta. It was the DOJ prosecutor general who returned the group's complaint filed in October 2023 against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other members of the Tatmadaw, based on Republic Act 9851, or the Philippine International Humanitarian Law Act. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO

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