political prisoners
FREEDOM FOR JAILED PEASANT LEADER, ALEX ARIAS!
submitted on Fri, 07/29/2016 - 17:56
For more than four years now, peasant leader Alexander “Ka Alex” Arias, 61, has continued to suffer cruel and unwarranted detention, compounded by the snail's pace of justice in the Philippines.
Freedom for the Iskolar ng Bayan
submitted on Wed, 07/13/2016 - 13:21(Fr)Eedom is coming
submitted on Mon, 07/11/2016 - 14:17
As a new administration enters Malacañang with the promise of change, Maricon “Eedom” Montajes and over 500 political prisoners hope for a chance to be free.
Inhuman and Degrading Prison Conditions
submitted on Wed, 05/28/2014 - 16:36The case of Andrea Rosal exemplifies the dreadful situation in Philippine prisons and detention centers. Rosal is a woman political prisoner whose only offense, if one would consider it as such, is being the daughter of the late spokesperson of the Communist Party of the Philippines Ka Roger Rosal. She faces charges of murder and kidnapping with murder after she was arrested in Caloocan City on March 27. To make things worse for Andrea, 28, she is now in her full term and due to give birth to a baby girl anytime soon. This is her first pregnancy and she barely knows what to expect.
