Community media group AlterMidya Network challenges the Philippine government to disclose the country’s real record on free expression as it prepares for the upcoming visit of UN envoy Irene Khan. The group is reacting to the statement of the Department of Foreign Affairs that said the visit of...
A group of former political detainees criticized the insufficient funds for persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in the 2024 national budget.
“Poverty, lack of jobs and land have pushed us to fight for what is right.”
“It took four years for Ge-ann to be acquitted of all the charges against her, involving a ridiculous trove of firearms and explosives that bear the usual telltale marks of planted evidence. But the unfunny thing is, Frank Fernandez and Cleofe Lagtapon were convicted...
The daughter of a political prisoner has sought the assistance of the Commission on Human Rights after she was subjected to what she described as a humiliating and traumatic strip search.
Labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), along with several rights groups welcomed the Court of Appeal’s issuance of the privilege of the writ of amparo for missing labor organizers Elizabeth “Loi” Magbanua and Alipio “Ador” Juat, who were last seen in Valenzuela City on May 3.
Human rights groups demanded a local court to immediately issue a release order for three political activists – including Reina Mae Nasino, whose newborn child died weeks after being separated from her.
The family and supporters of political detainee Rey Claro Casambre pressed their demand to have “preposterous charges” against the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant dropped.
The “Himamaylan 3” political prisoners composed of peace consultant Ramon Patriarca, and youth activists CJ Matarlo and John Michael Tecson conducted a one-day fasting inside their detention cells yesterday, March 30, in line with the anniversary of the Negros 14...
San Carlos Bishop Gerardo Alminaza appealed for pardon and parole for an elderly prisoner and her son who he describes as simple poor farmers from his diocese.
It has been three years since former First Lady Imelda Marcos was convicted of seven counts of graft and corruption.
by Karen Serada Ito ang panawagan ng pamilya ng mga bilanggong pulitikal na mga organisador sa paggawa sa pagsasama-sama nila bilang paggunita sa Araw ng mga Ama, ika-20 ng Hunyo 2021, sa harap ng Commission on Human Rights. Inilunsad ng ‘Free Our Unionists Network’...
June 16, 2021 By KAPATID Jesus Alegre, a 75-year-old political prisoner, his wife Morita, 74, and son Selman, 47, have been in prison for 16 years despite the fact they did not deserve even a single day behind bars. On Sunday, June 13, after months of increasing...