RAMON M. PATRIARCA Political Prisoner Camp Lapu-lapu, Cebu City September 14, 2012 I join my fellow political prisoners (PPs) in this week-long fasting for all victims and survivors of martial law. The state of open terror was unleashed by the US-backed Marcos regime 40 years ago. It was a time when a dictator brutalized the…
Day: September 17, 2012
Satur Ocampo and the martial law years
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO MANILA — The year is 1972. One late afternoon in early September as he was on his way to work, Satur was accosted by an armed man. His bag and all its contents were taken, but he himself was left unharmed. Even then it did not appear to him as…
Political prisoners, the face of continuing repression
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The charges are baseless but with the slow judicial system, the military has made it a point that we languish in jail for long.”
Sidebar: Camp Bagong Diwa, one of the most restrictive jails in the country
Camp Bagong Diwa, one of the most restrictive jails in the country
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – It was drizzling when the lawyers from the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) arrived at Camp Bagong Diwa in Bicutan, Taguig City, Sept. 14. The jail guards took their biometrics – photo, fingerprints and basic personal information. They were also subjected to body search before they could…
Existence of political prisoners, Aquino’s ‘continuing shame’ – lawyers
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Forty years after martial law, it is anomalous and anachronistic to have political prisoners languishing in different jails all over the country.” – National Union of People’s Lawyers