By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Remigio Saladero Jr. regrets one thing: after he and six other co-accused in “fabricated criminal charges” were released from prison, they did not file a counter suit against their captors. Saladero is one of the 72 Southern Tagalog activists who were charged with murder and frustrated murder in…
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New Zealanders Express Solidarity with Nestlé Philippines Workers
A New Zealand-based group of trade union and human rights advocates held a protest action today at 2pm at the Nestlé head office at 1 Broadway, Newmarket to express solidarity with Nestlé workers in the Philippines. Today marks one year of the brutal dispersal of Nestlé workers by elements of the Manila Police District (MPD)…
NZ Group Denounces Detention of Filipino Trade Unionists
BY BULATLAT AUCKLAND – A group of New Zealanders and Filipinos advocating human rights in the Philippines has condemned the filing of new murder charges against labor lawyer Remigio Saladero, Jr. and five union organizers. The new murder charges come barely a week after Saladero and the five union organizers were released from three months’…
Detained Activists Freed, Mull Counter Charges
Seven detained activists slapped with murder charges were ordered released, February 5. Now released from detention, they are planning to file counter charges against state security forces and state prosecutors who were responsible for their arrest. BY RONALYN V. OLEA HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat Seven detained activists slapped with murder charges were ordered released, February…
Media Group Expresses Concern over Rights Lawyer’s Arrest, Detention
BY BULATLAT A journalists’ organization has expressed concern over the arrest and detention of human rights lawyer Remigio Saladero, Jr., who is also a columnist for the online newspaper Pinoy Weekly. Saladero was arrested last Oct. 23 in his office in Antipolo City on multiple murder and multiple frustrated murder charges in his capacity, the…