People worldwide commemorate July 18 as Nelson Mandela International Day, honoring an anti-apartheid activist and former political prisoner who was incarcerated for 27 years under inhumane prison conditions. Mandela was the first Black to become president of South Africa. On this day, Kabataan Party-list’s Renee Co and Act Teachers Party-list’s Antonio Tinio filed House Bill […]
Sa buong mundo, ginugunita ang Hulyo 18 bilang pandaigdigang araw ni Nelson Mandela, isang anti-apartheid na aktibista at dating bilanggong pulitikal na nakulong ng 27 taon sa bilangguang may di-makataong kundisyon. Siya rin ang pinakaunang Itim na presidente ng South Africa. Sa araw na ito, naghain ng panukalang batas ang mga kinatawan ng Kabataan Party-list […]
Altermidya Network filed a formal complaint on July 16 against Tacloban City Jail warden J/Insp Eva Naputo, and chief intelligence officer SJ01 Dalmacio C. Canayog Jr, at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) National Headquarters for their abusive treatment of prisoners, specifically political prisoners Frenchie Mae Cumpio and Mariel Domequil. The complaint stated […]
Nagsampa ng pornal na reklamo ang grupong Altermidya Network noong Hulyo 16 laban sa warden ng Tacloban City Jail na si J/Insp Eva Naputo at kay SJ01 Dalmacio C. Canayog Jr., punong upisyal sa paniktik, sa Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) National Headquarters dahil sa mapang-abusong pagtrato sa mga bilanggo, partikular kina Frenchie […]
Human rights groups strongly condemned the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) for its move to bar Kapatid spokesperson Fides Lim from entering prisons under its jurisdiction. According to Karapatan, this action violates both local and international laws that guarantee prisoners’ rights to receive visitors, adequate food, and medical attention. Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay described the […]
Mahigpit na kinundena ng mga grupo sa karapatang-tao ang Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) sa ginawa nitong pagbabawal kay Fides Lim, tagapagsalita ng grupong Kapatid, na makapasok sa mga kulungang nasa hurisdiksyon nito. Ayon sa Karapatan, labag ito kapwa sa lokal at internasyunal na mga batas, na nagtitiyak ng karapatan ng mga bilanggo na mabisita at […]
Family members, friends, former colleagues, and allied organizations of Sally Crisostomo-Ujano, a defender of women and children’s rights, reiterated their call for her immediate release at a press conference on July 10. They also called for the enactment of the Human Rights Defenders Protection Bill and the abolition of the National Task Force-Elcac. Ujano has […]
Muling nanawagan ang mga kapamilya, kaibigan, dating katrabaho at alyadong organisasyon ni Sally Crisostomo-Ujano, tagapagtanggol ng karapatan ng kababaihan at bata, para sa kagyat niyang paglaya sa isang press conference noong Hulyo 10. Kasabay nito ang panawagan para sa pagsasabatas ng Human Rights Defenders Protection Bill at pagbuwag sa National Task Force-Elcac. Si Ujano ay […]
Government employee leader and unionist Antonieta Setias-Dizon was released from prison in Butuan City on July 2 after almost six years of imprisonment. She was temporarily released after posting bail for four of the remaining cases state forces filed against her. More than 17 cases were filed against her in total, and 13 of these […]
Nakalabas ng kulungan sa Butuan City si Antonieta Setias-Dizon, lider-kawani at unyonista, noong Hulyo 2 makalipas ang halos anim na taong pagkakakulong. Pansamantala siyang nakalaya matapos magpyansa sa apat sa nalalabing kasong isinampa laban sa kanya mga pwersa ng estado. Higit 17 mga kaso ang kabuuang isinampa sa kanya at 13 dito ay naibasura na. […]