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By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA Bulatlat.com There are a few benefits to being fat and dark. One of them is being cast as a police officer in films and live performances. The first time it happened was in a comedic role in a music video. Often, I am an abusive cop or,...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Political prisoners from all over the country commemorated the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 3, by a simultaneous reading of a poem about the longing for freedom.
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – For the first time, a public prosecutor and a judge have been charged with administrative complaints for ordering the arrest of a Bacolod-based activist in 2010. Romulo Bito-on, coordinator of Makabayan coalition, filed the...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- The worldwide association of writers PEN International marked the 31st Annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer last November 15. It was a day to recognize and support writers at risk, and for the last 31 years, the group...
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – The family of political prisoner Ericson Acosta has been receiving text messages saying that Ericson or his parents might get killed on November 2, All Souls Day. Isaias Acosta, 79, father of Ericson, said his driver...
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...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
In a show of commitment not only to their clients but to the cause of human rights, lawyers and law students from the National Union of People’s Lawyers will hold a sympathy fast to press for the release of all political prisoners.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
On three occasions, detained NDFP consultant Tirso Alcantara discovered shards of broken glass mixed with his rice. He was also deprived access to clean drinking water several times.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"I cannot but be distressed by the continuing prejudice of our justice system against my son and other political prisoners like him.”
ByRONALYN V. OLEA
Not only does the Aquino government remain deaf to calls for the freedom of all political prisoners, it has continued the practice of detaining political dissenters.
Children of political prisoners demand freedom for their fathers (Photo by Ronalyn V. Olea / Bulatlat.com)
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“If the government really wants real peace and is for human rights, as they continue to announce, it must release all political prisoners and stop political persecution against its perceived enemies.” – Marie Hilao-Enriquez, Karapatan
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld In the fabled Land of Yellow where the President lays claim to the democratic mantle by being progeny to parents who fought a dictator, there lies hidden in the crowded, dank and dark crevices of the realm some...
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld In the fabled Land of Yellow where the President lays claim to the democratic mantle by being progeny to parents who fought a dictator, there lies hidden in the crowded, dank and dark crevices of the realm some...
By TERENCE KRISHNA V. LOPEZ Bulatlat.com Last February 24, via Pitong Sundang: a dance repertoire by the Sinagbayan (a youth cultural organization based in the University of the Philippines) directed by artist-educator Roselle Pineda, I had the opportunity to...
UP, artists reiterate call for release of Ericson Acosta (Photos by Ronalyn V. Olea and Fred E. Dabu)
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“This illegal arrest validates that the Aquino administration is no different from the Arroyo regime that tolerates human rights abuses.” – Karapatan-Southern Tagalog
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA -- “Is it a crime to offer one’s life for the welfare of others?” This was the statement of Angelina “Angie” Ipong, former political prisoner, during a forum organized by the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL), Dec. 13....
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com CALBAYOG CITY, Western Samar – On Nov. 17, farmer Romeo Galvez went to the municipal hall of Calbiga, Samar to process some papers. He was surprised when the police arrested him on charges of murder, frustrated murder and illegal...
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com CALBAYOG CITY, Western Samar -- A dozen of fully armed soldiers in camouflage uniforms escorted political prisoner Ericson Acosta from the Calbayog Sub-Provincial Jail to the Hall of Justice, Dec. 8. Acosta attended this afternoon’s...
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