Second Open Letter to Pope Francis I from Philippine Political Prisoners (17 December 2014) ———————————————————————————– Your Holiness, Pope Francis, Again, our warm embraces! We send our joyous greets to you on your birthday, today! We trust that you continue to be well, to have more birthdays to come, and to be able to strongly push […]
We, political prisoners in Camp Bagong Diwa, are among some 500 presently documented political prisoners all over the country. About half of these have been arrested and detained under the present ruling regime, while the other half have been arrested under previous ruling regimes and have remained behind iron bars for about or even […]
Open Letter to Pope Francis I from Philippine Political Prisoners (30 November 2014) —————————————————————————————————– Your Holiness, Pope Francis, Warm embraces! Like many, many others among our people, we, political prisoners, look forward to your projected visit to our country in mid-January next year. We hope that, aside from your scheduled visit to personally look at […]
Roy Erecre 29 July 2014 The vast majority of the Filipino people suffer from chronic poverty and destitution while high officials of the Aquino regime are living in luxury by plundering government funds and financially gaining from favors given to big businesses, big landlords and foreign investors. The plunder of government funds through the pork […]
Pahayag sa pagtitipon sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas March 29, 2014 Benito Tiamzon Senior CPP members Communist Party of the Philippines Ako at ang aking kabiyak ay labis na nagagalak na magbigay ng pagbati at kaunting ambag sa palitang kuro at paggunitang isinasagawa ng mga makabayang kabataan sa okasyong ito ng ika-45 taong anibersaryo ng pagkakatatag […]
Pahayag kaugnay ng pagdalaw ng Commission on Human Rights Inilabas noong Marso 25, 2014 Nagpapasalamat kami sa pagdalaw ni Chairperson Etta Rosales at dalawang komisyuner ng CHR (Commision on Human Rights) nitong 25 Marso upang alamin kung iginalang ang aming mga human rights sa pag-aresto sa amin. Binigyan-diin namin sa mga komisyuner ng CHR na […]
Statement regarding the visit of the Commission on Human Rights We thank Chairperson Etta Rosales and two other Commissioners of the CHR (Commission on Human Rights) for the visit on 25 March to find out if our human rights were respected during our arrest. We emphasized to the CHR commissioners that the most important and […]
February 14 this year is the third anniversary of “Black Valentine’s Day”, when the long-stalled formal peace talks between the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GPH) were resumed and were supposed to proceed, but actually proceeded nowhere and were again stalled. No matter how […]
Suggested discussions and consultations among the BJMP and a number of human rights organizations in regard to rights and long-standing problems of detainees at the SICA 1 Jail 6 January 2014 ——————————————————————————————– In the BJMP National Heaquarters’s Special Cases Investigator, J/Insp. Montano Albino Abarico’s investigative visit to us here at the SICA 1 Jail in […]
Recent Arrest of Another NDFP Peace Consultant, in Further Spite of the Peace Process The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and various local and international organizations pushing for the peace process have intently been pressing on with their efforts towards genuine, lasting peace through the attainment of mutual agreements, fundamental socio-economic and political-constitutional […]