Member organization: SELDA

Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at para sa Amnestiya

SELDA says no to Marcos burial at “Libingan ng mga Bayani”

Marie Hilao-Enriquez, Chairperson of Karapatan and SELDA (an organization of former political detainees, mostly detained during the martial law era) today called on President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to “be more circumspect” on the issue of the burial of the former dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Sr.

AlDub Political Prisoners

There are now a number of AlDub political prisoners here at Camp Bagong Diwa. Among them are the AlDub couples, Ruben Saluta / Precy Estrada, Alex Birondo / Winona Oñate, and Adel Silva / Sharon Cabusao, who have been among those foully transferred last September and October from Philippine National Police detention in Camp Crame …

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In Aquino’s Tuwid na Daan, human rights are trampled upon

Int’l Human Rights Day countdown: Tuwid na daan, wakasan  TODAY is the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners.  Declared by the International League of People’s Struggles, it is being observed by people’s organizations here and abroad to mobilize support for justice and freedom for political prisoners all over the world.  

SELDA on Sen. Bongbong Marcos’ bid for vice president

The vice-presidential candidacy of the son and namesake of the late, unlamented dictator Ferdinand Marcos has only further confirmed the Marcoses’ delusion of (returning to) continuing power to (re-)establish their brand of anti-people and fascist rule. That such a political charlatan could have the gall to project himself as pro-democracy and pro-people speaks volumes about …

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SONA 2015 Political prisoners speak out: Tuwad, hindi tuwid na daan

“Isang malaking kasinungalingan ang tuwid na daan…ang malinaw na katotohanan sa pagtatapos ng termino nito (Aquino), bulusok itong tumahak sa tuwad na daan na batbat ng pagpapahirap, pangdarambong, brutalidad at sukdulang pagpapakatuta, (The “righteous path” is one big lie… At the end of his term, it is clear that Aquino’s flipped road is marked with …

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US, Malacañang should answer for the Mamasapano Disaster—NDFP peace consultants

Benigno S. Aquino III has been, as usual, very glib (but obviously very evasive) in trying hard to explain the mystery of where the command and responsibility were for the operations of the Special Action Force (SAF) contingent that terribly failed and suffered a big number of its casualties (44 SAF forces killed) in its …

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Mothers of detained youth activists call for the release of the “sons of the poor farmers”

Youth activists Guiller Martin Cadano, Gerald Salonga, both graduates of the University of the Philippines, and Edward Lanzanas, from a peasant family heeded the call of the times to serve the people. They offered the vitality of their youth to serve the poor farmers as they work for a bright future, a better country.    …

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