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Read more about the article Sickly prisoner freed after 5 years
FREEDOM. Political prisoner Reynante Malcampo hopes to see his three children after the court dismissed his case of illegal possession of explosives on January 26, 2017. He was freed Thursday, Feb. 2 after almost five years of imprisonment. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Sickly prisoner freed after 5 years

A sickly political prisoner was released Thursday in a twist of sad fate showing that it took more than four years for the court to realize that the person who filed the information lacked the authority after all.

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Read more about the article Filipino immigrants ?feel ?threatened by Trump’s policies

Filipino immigrants ?feel ?threatened by Trump’s policies

Ren Clacer, member of the New Jersey Filipino Women’s Organizing Committee, said they ?were alarmed with Trump's "unjust policies towards immigrants, the poor, people of color, and other marginalized groups - further oppressing people who are victims of US policies in their homelands."

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Read more about the article Amnesty International: PHL’s war on drugs targets poor as police acts like ‘criminal underworld’

Amnesty International: PHL’s war on drugs targets poor as police acts like ‘criminal underworld’

Police forces involved in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs were likened to a “criminal underworld” that kill only the poor while receives payments for each killing, according to an Amnesty International report.

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Read more about the article Karapatan warns death penalty may target HR activists, political prisoners 
JUNK CYBERCRIME LAW. Davao City youth activists protest the Supreme Court’s decision declaring as constitutional the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. The youth activists believe that the law will only be used to curtail expressions of dissent over the social media and the internet. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Karapatan warns death penalty may target HR activists, political prisoners 

Human rights group Karapatan warned Wednesday that the proposal to reinstate death penalty in the country will affect human rights defenders, dissenters, and especially political prisoners.

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