Archive of Political Prisoners

Maysakit na bilanggong pulitikal, giit na palayain sa makataong batayan
June 23, 2024

Muling nanawagan ang mga grupo sa karapatang-tao na Karapatan-Central Visayas at Samahan ng Ex-detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) na palayain ang lubhang maysakit na bilanggong pulitikal na si Ernesto Jude Rimando Jr. Inaresto si Rimando noong Enero 6, 2021 at ikinulong sa Metro Manila District Jail-Annex 2 sa Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City. […]

Group demands release of Lumad rights defenders
June 08, 2024

A group of national minorities and indigenous rights defenders picketed at the Quezon City Hall of Justice yesterday, June 7, to reiterate their call for the release of Julieta Gomez and Niezel Velasco who were arrested in July 2021. The protest was held alongside with the hearing of the criminal charges filed against the two. […]

Inarestong mga tagapagtanggol ng karapatan ng Lumad, muling iginiit na palayain
June 08, 2024

Nagpiket ang grupo ng mga pambansang minorya at tagapagtagtanggol ng karapatan ng mga katutubo sa Quezon City Hall of Justice kahapon, Hunyo 7, para muling ipanawagan ang pagpapalaya kina Julieta Gomez and Niezel Velasco na inaresto noong Hulyo 2021. Kasabay ang protesta ng pagdinig sa mga kasong kriminal na isinampa sa dalawa. Sina Gomez at […]

Relatives, friends and organizations reiterate call for release of Romblon 4
May 27, 2024

Relatives, friends and democratic organizations once again called for the release of two environmental activists and two fisherfolks arrested in Romblon in 2021. The Free Romblon 4 Network led a press conference at the Commission on Human Rights in Quezon City yesterday, May 27, to call for the immediate release of Marlon Torres, Tess Dioquino, […]

Pagpapalaya sa Romblon 4, muling ipinanawagan
May 27, 2024

Muling ipinanawagan ng mga kaanak, kaibigan at mga demokratikong organisasyon ang pagpapalaya sa dalawang aktibistang pangkalikasan at dalawang mangingisdang dinakip sa Romblon noong 2021. Pinangunahan ng Free Romblon 4 Network ang isang press conference sa Commission on Human Rights sa Quezon City kahapon, Mayo 27, para ipanawagan ang kagyat na pagpapalaya kina Marlon Torres, Tess […]

Human rights group condemn BuCor for degrading and humiliating visitors of political prisoners
May 09, 2024

Human rights and women’s groups have strongly condemned the body cavity and strip searches conducted on the wives of political detainees by National Bilibid Prison officials. During these strip and cavity searches, the women were stripped and made to do squats several times. Under the pretext of searching for illegal drugs, they were made to […]

Panghihiya at paglapastangan sa mga bisita ng mga bilanggong pulitikal, mariing kinundena
May 09, 2024

Mariing kinundena ng mga grupo sa karapatang-tao at kababaihan ang isinagawa na mga body at strip search na isinagawa sa mga asawang babae ng mga detenidong pulitikal ng mga upisyal ng National Bilibid Prison. Sa mga strip at cavity search na ito, pinaghubad ang mga babae at ilang beses na pinatingkayad. Sa pagdadahilang paghahanap ng […]

Negros political detainees launch 24-hour protest fast
April 19, 2024

Negros political detainees launched today, April 19, a 24-hour fast to call on the Commission on Human Rights to continue investigating human rights violations in the island, particularly cases since Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assumed power. There are 128 detainees on Negros island, making up 16% of all political detainees nationwide. According to the family and […]

24-oras protestang ayuno, inilunsad ng mga detenidong pulitikal sa Negros
April 19, 2024

Inilunsad ng mga detenidong pulitikal ng Negros ngayong araw, Abril 19, ang isang 24-oras na pag-ayuno para ipanawagan sa Commission on Human Rights na patuloy na imbestigahan ang mga paglabag sa karapatang-tao sa isla, partikular ang mga kaso mula nang maupo si Ferdinand Marcos Jr sa poder. Mayroong 128 detenido sa isla ng Negros, na […]

Negros political prisoner, released after 4 years
March 10, 2024

After more than four years in detention, Ma. Lindy Perocho was released from the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-Escalante City last March 6 after criminal charges against her was dismissed. Perocho, a National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) member, was arrested in Escalante City on November 1, 2019, a day after the simultaneous […]