Archive of Political Prisoners

After persistent efforts and insistence by Kapatid, a group of relatives and friends of political prisoners, Gerardo Dela Peña, the oldest political prisoner in the country at 85 years old, was finally released yesterday, June 30. He is the oldest among over 800 political prisoners. Dela Peña walked out of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) […]

Matapos ang tuluy-tuloy na pagpupursige at paggigiit ng Kapatid, grupo ng mga kaanak at kaibigan ng mga bilanggong pulitikal, nakalaya na kahapon, Hunyo 30, ang pinakamatandang bilanggong pulitikal sa bansa na si Gerardo Dela Peña. Siya ay 85 taong gulang, pinakamatanda sa mahigit 800 bilanggong pulitikal. Nakalabas si Dela Peña mula sa New Bilibid Prison […]

The human rights groups Karapatan-Central Visayas and the Samahan ng Ex-detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) reiterated their call for the release of seriously ill political prisoner Ernesto Jude Rimando Jr. He was arrested on January 6, 2021 and is currently detained at the Metro Manila District Jail-Annex 2 in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig […]

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. […]

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. […]

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 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, […]

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 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 […]

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 […]