Taos-pusong nakikiramay ang Hustisya sa mga kasama, pamilya at kaibigan ni Kasamang Ernesto Jude Rimando Jr. na pumanaw sa sakit na liver cancer sa edad na 58 noong Hulyo 23, 2024. Si Kasamang Jude ay nakulong dahil sa mga gawa-gawang kaso laban sa kanya. Siya ay inaresto noong Enero 6, 2021 sa Payatas, Quezon City …
Karapatan decried the multiple incidents of harassment by state agents against a South Cotabato-based protestant pastor serving as the human rights alliance’s coordinator for Socksargen. Pastor Sadrach Sabella of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) Southeast Mindanao Jurisdiction reported that his family had been receiving disturbing texts and calls and unwanted visits …
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A day after Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivered his grandstanding State of the Nation Address, another political prisoner, Ernesto Jude Rimando, died in custody. “We at the Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) are angered by the deafening silence of Malacañang and the Department of Justice to our call for the immediate release …
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It is far more important to detect the hidden messages behind Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s third State of the Nation Address (SONA) rather than be deluded into believing that it was all about banishing POGO from our shores and strong rhetoric on the Philippines’ claims on the West Philippine Sea. Marcos Jr. said nothing about the …
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Human rights alliance Karapatan announced the death from liver cancer of political prisoner Ernesto Jude Rimando Jr. at 5:30 a.m. today. Rimando, a long-time labor and peasants rights advocate, was arrested on January 6, 2021 while seeking treatment in Metro Manila for liver cirrhosis and sepsis. Despite his physical condition, he was blindfolded, tortured and …
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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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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 …
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 …
Human dignity disrespected in Philippine jails, says former political prisoners Read More »
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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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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