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Aug 21, 2022 · Arrested under Aquino and Duterte. In a decade of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s presidency (2001-2010), Karapatan recorded 343 politiccal prisoners arrested. Under Arroyo’s predecessor, Noynoy, a...
4 days ago · MANILA, Philippines — The country’s oldest political prisoner has been released from detention on Sunday, prisoner rights group Kapatid said. In a press release on Monday, the group said that ...
3 days ago · MANILA — Gerardo Dela Peña, 85, a political prisoner for activist groups and one of the country’s oldest Persons Deprived of Liberty, was released from the New Bilibid Prison last June 30, according to the Department of Justice. In a statement, the DOJ said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the commutation of the sentence of Dela ...
Feb 8, 2024 · MANILA, Philippines – If you are a political prisoner in the Philippines, the statistical outlook is dim: data show that the average period they spend in jail while on trial without judgment...
Gerardo dela Peña, 85, emerged from New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City at 9:30 p.m., ending an 11-year incarceration that became a rallying point for prison reforms and a spirited campaign for ...
Jan 17, 2024 · Adelberto Silva, Vicente Ladlad, and Rey Casambre, who are all in their 70s, lead the group of 26 political prisoners who occupy half of the right wing of the fourth floor: a mix of...
3 days ago · Jul 02, 2024, 3:08 am. AFTER 11 years of imprisonment, Gerardo Dela Peña, who is said to be the country’s oldest political prisoner, has walked out free from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP). Bureau of Corrections Director General Gregorio Catapang Jr. said Dela Peña, 85, was released on Sunday, June 30, 2024, in accordance with an order signed ...
May 24, 2024 · The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) urges the Philippine government to expedite the release of Gerardo “Gerry” Dela Peña, the oldest political prisoner in the country, after having served more than a decade of his prison term as of 2024.
Nov 15, 2023 · The three political prisoners marked their fifth year of “unjust detention” at Camp Bagong Diwa, in Bicutan, Taguig City. Ladlad, a peace consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), and his two companions were arrested on Nov. 8, 2018, in Quezon City for illegal possession of firearms and grenades.
Jan 19, 2024 · As of recent count, there are 180,827 PDLs in the entire Philippines, 778 of them political prisoners (49 of them arrested during this present administration). Of the 348 PDLs in Bicutan, 26 are political prisoners.
