2 suspects in missing students case back ‘at home’: Private prosecutors disturbed, agitated over transfer of custody of 2 accused to the army
The transfer of their custody to the army does not inspire confidence in our justice system. It practically means they will be ‘at home’ in the good company and graces of their own who will coddle and cuddle them. It dilutes the significant gain of making the perpetrators of human rights violations accountable and to be treated without any special accommodation. All of the accused in the disappearance of Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan must be jailed in an ordinary civilian penal facility where they rightfully belong.
Read MorePrivate prosecutors in case of 2 missing UP students welcome bounty for immediate arrest of Palparan
The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) welcomes the P500,000 bounty put up by authorities for any information leading to the arrest of Ret. Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan. If it will be an additional incentive to bring in a fugitive running scared and in denial that the time of reckoning has come and who must be held accountable for other crimes against humanity and international humanitarian law pending or about to be filed in the courts, then so be it. Any legitimate effort to further inform the public to turn him in is fine.
Read MoreDisquiet
By: Carlos Isagani T. Zarate It is an agonizing disquiet unmistakably etched on the faces of the thousands of evacuees, mostly cramped inside soiled evacuation centers in the different “Sendong”-devastated parts of Northern Mindanao, that cannot be easily forgotten or ignored. Sendong’s fury did not only steal their merrymaking for the season, the tragedy also [...]
Read MoreNUPL on Palparan’s being a fugitive from justice
Press Statement 21 December 2011 In light of Ret. Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan’s being a fugitive from justice, his remarks to Judge Teodora Gonzales who issued the warrant of arrest against him, and his criticisms on Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, Atty. Edre Olalia said: “Palparan is hopelessly incorrigible and his braggadocio is incomparable. The [...]
Read MoreRights lawyers: An Independent and Impartial Judiciary is an Imperative
We furthermore believe that the impeachment process, even if ultimately a political exercise in a legal forum, must not be reduced to a simple numbers game. It should also not cover up the incompetence and failure of the present Pnoy administration itself to concretely address the gut issues of the people including their basic social and economic needs and the largely unheeded demand for justice and accountability for grievous human rights violations.
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