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Joseph Canlas (Photo courtesy of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas) Canlas, 59, passed away Tuesday morning, May 11. The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) on Tuesday night mourned the death of Canlas. “Malinaw na hindi lamang sa sakit siya namatay, bagkus ang primarya nitong dahilan ang paghahasik ng pasismo ng rehiment Duterte sa hanay ng mga nakikibaka para sa tunay na reporma sa lupa (It’s clear that he did not just die of illness, but because of the facism of the Duterte regime among those fighting for genuine land reform),” NUSP National President Jandeil Roperos said. Canlas, Vice Chairperson of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, was arrested in Barangay Sapang Maisac, Mexico, Pampanga on March 30. ....
endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 11) Peasant leader Joseph Canlas died on Tuesday morning due to COVID-19 complications, his colleagues reported. Canlas was among activist leaders arrested in March for supposed links to communist groups. Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas and Anakpawis Party-list blamed the administration for his untimely death brought by his unjust and prolonged detention based on what they call fabricated charges. We point our fingers to the [National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict] that subjected Canlas to constant red-tagging, Angeles City RTC Executive Judge Ma. Angelica T. Paras-Quiambao who issued the search warrant against Canlas; the [Philippine National Police] that executed the defective warrant and carried out the illegal arrest last March 30; and the [Bureau of Jail Management and Penology] for consciously neglecting Canlas health condition, KMP said in a statement condemning the death of its vice chai ....
Last convo at the ER Unyon ng Manggagawa sa Agrikultura’s leader Antonio Flores joins a protest action May 11, condemning the injustices against Joseph Canlas. (Photo by Carlo Manalansan / Bulatlat)A daughter’s last conversation with her dying father and the abominable situation inside the Angeles city jail that led to another death of a political prisoner. Joseph Canlas was the ninth under the Duterte administration and the fourth since the COVID-19 pandemic. By SINAG JOAQUIN MANILA “My father loved to talk. There was no dead air when he was around.” This was how Jenelle described her father, Joseph Canlas. But on the morning of May 9 inside the emergency room of a public hospital in Angeles City, Jenelle said she did all the talking. ....
Search You Are Here:Home → 2021 → May → 11 → Groups press SC to prevent more deaths of political prisoners Groups press SC to prevent more deaths of political prisoners By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL MANILA – With the death of yet another political prisoner, human rights group KAPATID called on Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo’s intervention to prevent more deaths, and to order an inspection of all prison facilities including quarantine centers. KAPATID issued the call hours after peasant leader Joseph Canlas died, the fourth political prisoner to pass away during the pandemic. Canlas, chairperson of Alyansa ng Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luson was arrested on March 30 and charged with illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. ....