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Political prisoners conduct nationwide protest fast on Marcos’ 3rd SONA

On Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s third State of the Nation Address today, July 22, 2024, 193 political prisoners are conducting a nationwide protest fast to call for the immediate release of terminally ill Ernesto Jude Rimando Jr., a labor organizer, and 79-year old Rosita Taboy, the oldest political prisoner in the country. Ernesto Jude Rimando has …

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State of the Nation: The Filipino people vs US-Marcos Regime’s Terrorism

Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s regime enters its third year with a repressive machinery replete with the use of terror laws, arrests and detention, bombings and militarization in the countryside. Marcos Jr.’s deadline to his security forces to crush the New People’s Army by year’s end is fueled by pressure from his US imperialist masters to shift …

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100 Negros Political Prisoners to hold Protest Fast on Marcos Jr.’s 3rd State of the Nation Address (SONA)

As President Marcos Jr. is set to deliver his third State of the Nation Address on Monday, 100 political prisoners in the newly-created Negros Island Region will hold a day-long protest fast to amplify their calls for the government to immediately address their human rights concerns. The political prisoners, who will skip eating their three …

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KARAPATAN: The Marcos Jr. regime must stop arresting the innocent

Formal adherence to a set of international rules has never guaranteed substantial compliance. The Philippine government has been a signatory to numerous international human rights accords and has even enacted domestic laws against torture, enforced disappearance and violations of international humanitarian law, but violations continue mainly because of a prevalent culture of impunity shielding the …

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Human dignity disrespected in Philippine jails, says former political prisoners

The Samahan ng Ex Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), a group of former political prisoners, took exception to an article posted at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime website saying that “sleeping like sardines” may soon be a thing of the past in Philippine jails. “Better sleeping conditions are not the …

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Marcos Jr. regime: A dismal failure in the field of human rights

The Marcos Jr. regime’s efforts at window-dressing have failed to conceal the sordid human rights situation on the ground. Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s bloody two-year record shows 105 victims of extrajudicial killings, 12 victims of enforced disappearance, 381 victims of illegal arrests, 44,065 victims of bombings, 558 victims of forced or fake surrenders and up to …

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Rights group supports case vs soldiers who charged young activists with terror law

KARAPATAN fully supports the filing of civil and criminal countercharges by four Southern Tagalog activists against 17 soldiers and their paid agents who deliberately gave false statements against them in order to charge them with violation of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). The activists – Hailey Pecayo, Tanggol Batangan spokesperson; Jasmin Rubia, Mothers and Children for …

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SA IKATLONG SONA NI MARCOS JR.: Marcos singilin, Duterte panagutin!

Marcos, singilin! Duterte, panagutin! Ito ang marubdob na panawagan ng mga pamilya ng mga biktima ng extrajudicial killings (EJKs) at iba pang paglabag sa karapatang pantao sa pamamagitan ng Hustisya, ilang araw bago ang ikatlong State of the Nation Address ni Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Naninindigan ang Hustisya na nararapat na singilin si Marcos Jr. sa …

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Former political prisoners demand the release of sick, elderly political prisoners

Days before the 3rd State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on July 22, and as the world commemorates Nelson Mandela International Day today, July 18, the Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) and other rights advocates protested in front of the Department of Justice demanding the …

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