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Rights defenders decry courts’ junking of motions filed by detained labor organizers
Relatives and friends of the seven human rights defenders arrested on Dec. 10 call for the immediate release of their loved ones in a press conference, Dec. 14 at the Commission on Human Rights. (Photo by Ronalyn V. Olea /Bulatlat)“It is absurd that the Mandaluyong court saw the inconsistencies and defects of the narratives and evidence provided by the police in arresting Esparago and Salem but the same set of facts were ignored by QC and Manila courts.”
Wednesday, 13 January 2021, 6:12 am
The new year 2021 in the Philippines heralds more
targeted state political killings, massacres, continuous
police killings of the poor, and a threat of mass arrests of
leaders and members of red-tagged
organisations.
“Donald Trump, with his blatant
assault on the US Congress on January 6, 2021, has
demonstrated what happens when impunity is the rule of the
day. The international community must act against impunity
of state actors in the Philippines to stop a greater tragedy
unfolding in this nation which once fired the global
imagination with the “people power” removal of the
Dictator Marcos in 1986,” said Mr Peter Murphy, Chair of
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Kin, colleagues slam move to keep 4 union organizers in jail
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Parang binuhusan ako ng malamig na tubig. (My enthusiasm was immediately put off) If you could just imagine the mental anguish that we feel because all along we thought we will be with him this Christmas.”
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
MANILA – Four union organizers could have spent their Christmas with their families if not for what their lawyers called as “maneuvers” by the police to prevent their supposed release on Dec. 23.
Katherine Panguban of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) said that a release order was already issued by Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 220 for Dennise Velasco, Mark Ryan Cruz, Romina Astudillo and Jaymie Gregorio, Jr., four of what now is collectively called as HRDay7. While they were processing their release, however, an amend
By Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Labor Commission |
December 22, 2020 Read more articles in Philippines
We strongly condemn the repression that has been unleashed against leading trade unionists in the Philippines and stand in solidarity with the militant labor federation Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) / May First Movement.
On Human Rights Day, December 10, the Philippine National Police raided the homes and jailed Dennise Velasco of Defend Jobs Philippines; Romina Astudillo, Deputy Secretary-General of Kilusang Mayo Uno-Metro Manila; Mark Ryan Cruz, Regional Executive Committee of KMU-Metro Manila; Jaymie Gregorio Jr. of KMU-Metro Manila; Joel Demate of Solidarity of Labor Rights and Welfare (SOLAR); Rodrigo Esparago of Sandigang Manggagawa sa Quezon City (SMQC), and journalist Lady Ann Salem, Communication Officer of the International Association of Women in Radio and Television and editor for the online news site Manila Today.
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