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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."