Tracking hazing deaths

18 deaths and one conviction: Filipino justice system and hazing

Post author By Hank Nuwer
Post date October 1, 2017
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http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/opinion/2017/09/30/lim-being-man-566978

ON Feb. 10, 1991, two days after undergoing initiation rites in the hands of his Aquila Legis fraternity brothers, 22-year old Ateneo Law School student Leny Villa passed away. The tragic death of Leny Villa led to the birth of the Anti-Hazing law in 1995. Yet, according to CNN Philippines, in the last 22 years since the Anti-Hazing Law was passed, there have been 18 deaths, 393 suspects and just 1 conviction.

By Hank Nuwer

Journalist Hank Nuwer tracks hazing deaths in fraternities and schools. Nuwer is the Alaska author of Hazing: Destroying Young Lives; Broken Pledges: The Deadly Rite of Hazing, High School Hazing, Wrongs of Passage and The Hazing Reader. In April of 2024 and April 2025 , the Alaska Press Club awarded him first place in the Best Columnist division.

He has written articles or columns on hazing for the Sunday Times of India, Toronto Globe & Mail, Harper's Magazine, Orlando Sentinel, The Chronicle of Higher Education and the New York Times Sunday Magazine. His current book is Hazing: Destroying Young Lives from Indiana University Press. He is married to Malgorzata Wroblewska Nuwer of Fairbanks, Alaska. Read his musings in his blog at Real Alaska Daily--http://realalaskadaily.com

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