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Kapatid issued the statement Thursday after inmates of Iloilo District Jail staged a protest on the roof of a prison building due to alleged lack of food. The inmates also demanded the relief of the jail warden.

Under President Rodrigo Duterte, the wee hours of the morning have been filled not with calmness but with anxiety as government critics fear they may be the next targets of illegal arrests and even graver rights abuses.

Kapatid, an organization that supports families and friends of political prisoners in the Philippines, listed down the human rights issues that the incoming Department of Justice chief leadership should prioritize. (Kapatid) Among these impunity issues include the release of more than 700 Filipi

Human rights activists have asked the Philippine Supreme Court to block Congress from proclaiming Ferdinand Marcos Jr as the next president, alleging that he lied when he said he had not been convicted of any crime.

“We thus ask the High Court to reverse and set aside the questionable Comelec ruling and to cancel and declare void from the start the certificate of candidacy of Marcos Jr. and in the process, declare him to have never been a candidate in the 2022 national elections." 

Presumptive president Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (File photo) MANILA - The chief of staff and spokesman of presumptive president Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Tuesday appealed to the petitioners of the disqualification case against the runaway winner in the presidential race to stop pursuing their agenda of divisiveness and animosity. Atty. Victor Rodriguez said they should instead learn to respect the will of the majority who voted for Marcos and his running mate I...

Petitioners seeking to void presumptive 17th Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s certificate of candidacy (COC), brought their case to the Supreme Court.

The filing this week with the Supreme Court of a last-ditch petition to prevent presumed president-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. from taking his oath on June 30 conjured up various possible scenarios.

A petition to cancel the certificate of candidacy of presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in Eleksyon 2022 has reached the Supreme Court, asking for an issuance of a temporary restraining order to block the counting of votes cast for him and his proclamation should he win.

The progressive party-list group Bayan Muna has pushed the Supreme Court (SC) to act swiftly on the petition seeking to cancel the certificate of candidacy (COC) of presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate (Photo from Bayan Muna) “There