Archive of Political Prisoners

Four days of protest and collective action by the detainees of Negros Occidental District Jail-Male Dormitory (NODJ-MD) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City, Negros Occidental forced the abusive Warden JCINSP Atty. Crisyrel P. Awe, DSC to resign from his post on the afternoon of August 28. More than 600 prisoners began the collective action on August […]

Matapos ang apat na araw na protesta at sama-samang pagkilos, natulak ng mga bilanggo ng Negros Occidental District Jail-Male Dormitory (NODJ-MD) sa Barangay Tabunan, Bago City, Negros Occidental na magbitiw sa pwesto ang abusadong si Warden JCINSP Atty. Crisyrel P. Awe, DSC noong Agosto 28 ng hapon. Sinimulan ng higit 600 bilanggo ang kolektibong aksyon […]

After eight months in prison, church worker Benny Mendoza walked free on August 27 when a Davao de Oro court dismissed the qualified trafficking charge filed against her. State forces arrested Mendoza on December 28, 2024 in Davao City. Prior to the case’s dismissal, another Davao City court had earlier junked a qualified trafficking case […]

Matapos ang walong buwang pagkakabilanggo, nakalaya noong Agosto 27 ang taong-simbahan na si Benny Mendoza matapos ibasura ng isang korte sa Davao de Oro ang kinahaharap niyang kasong qualified trafficking. Si Mendoza ay inaresto ng mga pwersa ng estado noong Disyembre 28, 2024 sa Davao City. Bago ang pagbasura sa kasong ito ni Mendoza, nauna […]

More than 600 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) launched a protest at the Negros Occidental District Jail-Male Dormitory (NODJ-MD) in Bago City, Negros Occidental starting August 24. This was in response to numerous cases of rights violations inside the jail under the leadership of Jail Warden JCINSP Atty. Crisyrel P. Awe, DSC. For over four […]

Naglulunsad ng protesta ang higit 600 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) sa Negros Occidental District Jail-Male Dormitory (NODJ-MD) sa Bago City, Negros Occidental simula Agosto 24. Tugon nila ito sa patung-patong na mga kaso ng paglabag sa kanilang karapatan sa loob ng bilangguan sa pangunguna ni Jail Warden JCINSP Atty. Crisyrel P. Awe, DSC. Higit […]

Different groups gathered on August 23 in Davao City to officially launch the Free Agusan 6 Network which will lead the campaign for the release of the Agusan 6 political prisoners. The six are organizers and defenders of the rights of farmers and indigenous peoples in Mindanao who were arrested on June 13 at a […]

Nagtipon-tipon ang iba’t ibang grupo noong Agosto 23 sa Davao City upang upisyal na ilunsad ang Free Agusan 6 Network, grupong mangunguna sa kampanyang pagpapalaya sa mga bilanggong pulitikal na Agusan 6. Ang anim ay mga organisador at tagapagtanggol ng karapatan ng mga magsasaka at katutubo sa Mindanao na inaresto noong Hunyo 13 sa isang […]

On August 14, National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultant Renante Gamara and construction workers Diony Borre and Raul Razo walked free after several years of detention. This followed their acquittal along with two others—NDFP consultant Tirso Alcantara and peasant organizer Dionisio Almonte—in kidnapping and related murder and frustrated murder cases. While the three […]

Nakalaya noong Agosto 14 mula sa ilang taon nang detensyon ang konsultant ng National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) na si Renante Gamara at mga manggagawa sa konstruksyon sina Diony Borre at Raul Razo. Kasunod ito ng pagwawalang-sala sa kanila, kasama ang dalawang iba pa na sina Tirso Alcantara, konsultant ng NDFP, at organisador […]