Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at para sa Amnestiya
The Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) slammed the VIP treatment accorded detained cult leader, racketeer and senatorial candidate Apollo Quiboloy, whose recorded video message was the highlight of his kick-off campaign at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City on February 11, 2024. “It is highly questionable why Quiboloy, who …
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SELDA (Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto) urgently calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Tomas Dominado, a 74-year-old ailing political detainee. Arrested on December 5 in Arevalo, Iloilo City, Dominado faces trumped-up charges of murder and rebellion based on warrants issued more than a decade ago. Significantly, some of his co-accused …
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The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners in the Philippines, stands in solidarity with the International League of Peoples’ Struggles (ILPS) and oppressed peoples worldwide in commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War on December 3, 2024. Together with ILPS …
Today, November 15, 2024, as PEN commemorates the International Day of Imprisoned Writers, the Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) stands in solidarity with all imprisoned and persecuted writers around the world and supports the call from PEN International for their immediate release. SELDA demands that the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. regime release …
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Photo: PUP Catalyst Today, November 11, 2024, the Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) joins journalists and media practitioners in demanding the release of Frenchie Mae Cumpio, who will take the witness stand for the first time since her arrest in early 2020. Frenchie Mae is one of the “Tacloban 5” along …
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The Samahan ng Ex-detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners, appealed to ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro, Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Arlene Brosas and Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raoul Manuel to support an increase in the budget allocation for Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) in the 2025 General Appropriations …
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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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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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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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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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