Attack on Young and New NUPL Lawyer Saving Trees, Condemned
Press Release April 22, 2012 We, the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL), condemn the brazen and barbaric assault on NUPL member Atty. Jansen Nacar on the night of April 20. Atty. Nacar, who is a new and young lawyer, was mauled and divested of his cellular phones but attackers would not take his wallet. [...]
Read MoreNUPL 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 MoreEducating the People, Consolidating Our Ranks
NUPL NCR President’s Report The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) – National Capital Region (NCR), as one of NUPL’s chapters, is committed to the defense, protection, and promotion of human rights especially of the poor and the oppressed as well as the assertion of national sovereignty. The NUPL-NCR has been founded on August [...]
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.
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