Lockdown sa NBP, hiniling na tanggalin

Matinding lockdown ang ipinapatupad ngayon sa Maximum Security Compound matapos gibain ang kanilang mga kubol sa loob ng compound. Nakakaranas na din ng matinding gutom at kawalan ng atensyong medikal ang mga bilanggo. Ayon sa Kapatid, umabot na sa pito ang namatay sa loob lamang nang apat na araw simula noong Oktubre 15.

Families, rights groups mark Political Prisoners Day

Relatives and human rights groups led by the Karapatan Alliance for the Advancement of Peoples’ Rights marched to Mendiola in Manila, December 3, to commemorate International Solidarity Day for Political Prisoners and call for the release of all political detainees. Karapatan said that political prisoners  are proof of an unjust system as well as double […]

Supporters demand release of political prisoners

As President Rodrigo Duterte postponed yet again the resumption of its formal peace negotiations between his government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, the chances of more than 500 political prisoners to be given general amnesty has again been put into doubt. Human rights defenders held a protest march from Plaza Salamanca to […]

CASER may be approved by July or August—Joma

Jose Maria Sison said a Comprehensive Agreement on Social and Economic Reforms (CASER) may be approved between the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) in about two months. In response to yet another assurance from GRP President Rodrigo Duterte for his safety should he […]

Cagayan courts find political prisoner innocent

By NORWIN GONZALES www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY– After over a year in jail, David Soriano who was facing trumped up charges was declared not guilty of arson. Soriano was declared not guilty in a May 10 decision penned by Judge Nicanor Pascual, Jr. presiding judge of Branch 8 of the Regional Trial Court in Aparri, Cagayan. […]

How can Myles Albasin be a terrorist?

Maria Karlene Shawn I. Cabaraban At 13, she wore a bright yellow shirt on her first day of high school. Inside the school’s covered courts, hundreds of new students like her wore the same expressions of nervous anticipation. She felt like a stranger among them, a girl from Malaybalay City who had gotten an academic […]

Ifugao court frees two political prisoners

By Aldwin Quitasol BAGUIO CITY — The Regional Trial Court of Lagawe, Ifugao province today acquitted two Cagayan Valley activists, apologizing for their unjust imprisonment for nearly five years. Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Cagayan Valley organizer Rene Boy Abiva and Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Opereytors Nationwide (Piston) Party Cagayan Valley regional coordinator […]