ONE FAT UGLY BAREFACED LIE: On Lorna Kapunan’s false hearsay statement, dirty trick re Olalia murder case
PRESS STATEMENTS 2 May 2013 By the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) National Council: “ONE FAT UGLY BAREFACED LIE: Atty. Lorna Kapunan’s reported claim over radio (DZMM 630kHz Rated Korina) this morning that Mrs. Feliciana Olalia allegedly told her she “believes in her heart that Red Kapunan had nothing to do with the [...]
Read MoreMilitary and police incorrigibly and remorselessly in denial of Jonas Burgos disappearance
Press Statement April 28, 2013 On the Occasion of the 6th year of Disappearance of Jonas Burgos: Military and police incorrigibly and remorselessly in denial of Jonas Burgos disappearance Retirement from service is not an exit door from liability “After two presidents, nine AFP chiefs-of –staff and countless court hearings, farmer-activist Jonas Burgos [...]
Read MoreRank and file military, police and paramilitary told: Defy and disobey illegal and immoral orders to kill, abduct and torture
“We would strongly encourage the rank and file soldiers and police to disobey and defy immoral and illegal orders from their higher command and superiors to carry out extrajudicial killings and other rights violations because they face the pathetic reality that they will just be left on their own and abandoned to fend for themselves [...]
Read MoreOn confirmation and positive identification of Bayles killers as military by top Army officials
On the confirmation, positive identification, and specific personal pinpointing in Negros court of killers of activist Benjamin Bayles by top Army officials (PA Adjutant Col. Alexis Gopico and 61st IB Commander Col. Richard Bayhon) that they are enlisted personnel under their command: This is a welcome development and high point in making extra-judicial killings perpetrators [...]
Read MoreOn the Tubbataha reef incident: “There is more than enough basis to hold the US accountable.” – NUPL
Philippine government in cahoots to trade healthful and balanced ecology for a paltry sum The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) asserted in a press statement today the position that the US is legally accountable for the grounding of the Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures ship USS Guardian at the Tubbataha Reef’s south atoll last January [...]
Read MoreOn the Supreme Court ruling on the party-list system: Not faithful to spirit of social justice
On the Supreme Court ruling on the party-list system: It is with bafflement, regret and alarm that the majority ruling would have the effect of loosening and expanding the party-list rule through new yet seemingly confusing qualification parameters. This will open up the floodgates for powerful and privileged traditional parties and a slew of bogus, dummy, or shell organizations [...]
Read MoreOn new information regarding the abductors of Jonas Burgos
In extended consultation with the Burgos family and our co-counsel, we will seriously study the option to amend forthwith the criminal complaint for arbitrary detention and obstruction of justice to charge graver violation of the new Anti-Enforced Disappearance Act or the Anti-Desaparecidos Law against Major Baliaga, Gen. Ano, et.al. for Jonas’ continuing disappearance. In time, [...]
Read MoreResurrecting Hopes for Crucified Lives of Victims’ Kin?
On the CA Ruling on Jonas Burgos disappearance: Resurrecting Hopes for Crucified Lives of Victims’ Kin? The recent ruling of the Court of Appeals in the habeas corpus and amparo petitions on the disappearance of farmer-activist Jonas Burgos is welcome and highly significant because it again judicially validates what human rights defenders and several [...]
Read MoreLawyers ask DOJ to separate murder and robbery raps in Geertman case
Maria Aurora Agustin Santiago, fiancée of slain Dutch NGO worker Wilhelm Geertman, filed with the Department of Justice (DOJ) today, a petition seeking a review of the prosecutor’s resolution recommending the filing of robbery with homicide charges against Harold Dela Cruz, Marvin Marsan and other Jane and John Does. The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers [...]
Read MorePeople’s lawyers join the people’s battlecry: Never again!
On the signing of the Human Rights Victim Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013 and the occasion of the 27th anniversary of People Power II: The signing of the Human Rights Victim Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013 by President Benigno Aquino III is a welcome relic for today’s commemoration of the 27th anniversary of the [...]
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