NUPL hails court order denying Palparan et al.’s pleading to halt proceedings
Motion only obstructs and frustrates justice Press Release April 20, 2012 The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) just received an Omnibus Order dated April 3, 2012 from the Malolos, Bulacan Regional Trial Court Branch 14 denying the “Omnibus Motion for Preliminary Investigation; to Quash or Recall Warrant of Arrest; Hold Departure Order; and [...]
Read MorePNoy unfeeling, numb and insensitive to Morong 43 and other rights victims
Pats on the back rights violator by promotion and awarding new post News Release April 12, 2012 “Unbelievably insensitive, if not unfeeling and numb.” This was how the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) through its Secretary General Atty. Edre Olalia described the designation by President Benigno Aquino III of 10th Infantry Division chief [...]
Read MoreNUPL on the status of Palparan case and its one month hiatus
“Of course, we desire and it is to the suffering mothers’ interests that the legal proceedings continue in earnest and without unnecessary or unwarranted delay. But we are also subject to the vagaries and realities of court schedules under the present legal system. Besides, the pending plethora of motions of Palparan and his cohorts are groundless and not meritorious. They are only designed to delay, mock and frustrate justice instead of allowing the legal process to take its due course.
Read MoreMartial Law-Era Case Sets Bad Precedent, Further Institutionalizes Roadblocks and Blind Corners in the Way of Justice for Rights Victims
The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers is utterly appalled with the recent Supreme Court (SC) decision in the case Ver et al. vs Aberca et al., where it was ruled that the procedural due process rights of dictator Marcos’ loyal right-hand man, AFP Chief of Staff Fabian Ver and several military officers, including then Lt. Col. and now Sen. Panfilo Lacson, as well as notorious and remorseless Martial Law torturers Col. Rolando Abadilla and Rodolfo Aguinaldo, were violated.
Read MoreINTERNATIONAL LAWYERS GROUP CHALLENGES PHILIPPINE GOV’T TO ARREST FORTHWITH NOTORIOUS FUGITIVE GENERAL
The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL), a non-governmental organization founded in 1947 that has consultative status with the United Nations (UN) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and accredited with the UN Human Rights Council, has called on the Philippine government to use all its powers, resources and machinery in immediately arresting retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. who has gone into hiding for three months now.
Read MoreMilitary and Police Coddling Morong 43 Rights Violators
AFP and PNP Give Victims the Run-Around News Release March 20, 2012 Months after summons have been issued by a Quezon City Regional Trial Court, several respondent military personnel and police officers in the P15-million damage suit filed by the Morong 43 health workers remained officially unnotified of the charges. The National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL), counsel for [...]
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