MANILA – A Quezon City court has cleared all charges against the eight youth activists who were arrested and detained for protesting during the July 22 special joint session of the House of Representatives to vote on the extension of martial law in Mindanao. In their arraignment on Oct. 2, QC Metropolitan Trial Court Judge…
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“The campus security personnel nailed the doors shut, forcibly removed the students and threatened that they will be arrested and brought to the police if they try to assert their rights. Activists are being threatened with expulsion.”
“Be afraid, Digong because this is not the last.”
“He can threaten the people with Martial Law using the Left as scapegoat, like what Marcos did, but it still will not deter the people from gathering in public places to voice their indignation.”
Stories of courage and perseverance of Lumad students and teachers poured out at the gathering.
“No compromise, no immunity!” called out the protesters, saying the Marcos family should return its stolen wealth without any condition.
The groups decried that Marcos is not a hero and had amassed $10 billion dollars, plundered the country’s resources and committed massive human rights violations against the people.
“Let us stand together in calling for peace in our country.”
Parents of 10 minors aged 12 to 17 who are being detained at a youth facility are being denied their right to visit their children.
“The demands of the residents are legitimate and the local government unit as well as the national agencies concerned with housing programs could have engaged the residents in a more extensive and comprehensive dialogue so that violence could have been prevented.”
While public hospitals are understaffed, government fails to fill some 20,000 vacancies for health workers.