Gov’t urged to release ailing, elderly political prisoners
Families of political prisoners called anew for the immediate release of their relatives as the peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front continue.
Families of political prisoners called anew for the immediate release of their relatives as the peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front continue.
A non-government organization said that the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of the Philippine National Police “planted” the two identification cards that supported the arrest of a Lumad school teacher in Cebu City last month.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will provide not only financial aid for the casualties of the Roxas night market bombing but also ?therapy services for three months for all the victims who are now experiencing physical and mental pain.
As early as 4:00 am on September 2, Tuesday, Lumad? evacuees occupying the provincial sports center in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur, together with support groups packed up, rode at least 10 trucks, and traveled more than four hours back to their communities in Sitio Han-ayan? of Barangay Diatagon of this town.
Human rights group Amnesty International and the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Saturday, September 3, urged President Rodrigo Duterte to respond to the deadly Davao blast “with peace and not with more violations of human rights.”