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Netherlands’ Lawyers for Lawyers on its 15th year
Submitted by Contributor on Fri, 04/15/2011 - 15:11.
Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L), an independent Dutch lawyer’s foundation has celebrated its 15th year of existence with a renewed commitment to strengthen its network to support human rights lawyers around the world. “This will be our main thrust for the coming years as many lawyers continued to be obstructed and threatened in the performance of their work” explained by L4L president Phon van den Biesen in a seminar to celebrate the foundation’s 25th year. read more »
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Pandayan sa Daluyan: A 3-day conference on New Media
Submitted by Kodao on Fri, 04/08/2011 - 07:54.
Pandayan sa Daluyan is a 3-day conference and workshop on integrating New Media concepts and applications in the practices of community-based cultural organizations that will be held on April 8 to 10, 2011 at the Balay Kalinaw, University of the Philippines, Diliman. Be there!
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Country’s oldest woman political prisoner, the PH ‘Aung San Su Kyi’, released on 3rd day of GPH-NDFP Peace Talks
Submitted by Contributor on Sat, 02/19/2011 - 11:04.
The Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao welcomes the dismissal of criminal charges and the subsequent release from detention of Angelina Bisuña Ipong, the country’s oldest woman political prisoner, on February 17, 2011 from the Misamis Occidental Provincial Jail in Oroquieta City.
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Ceasefire violations in Northeast and Southern Mindanao are in contempt of the peace process
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Units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP) and the paramilitary Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) in both the North Eastern and Southern parts of Mindanao have violated the mutually-declared ceasefire, which runs from 15 to 21 of February, of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Government of the Philippines (GPH, formerly the Government of read more »
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Bayan presses for release of political prisoners AFP wants peace process to fail, create distraction from corruption probe
Submitted by Contributor on Sat, 02/19/2011 - 10:44.The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today joined a picket in front of Camp Aguinaldo and Camp Crame to press for the release of political prisoners in light of the ongoing peace talks. The group pressed for the release of detained NDFP consultant Allan Jazmines who was arrested on the eve of the resumption of the peace talks last February 14. read more »
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Kodao's exclusive interview with Alex Padilla & Luis Jalandoni
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My arrest is in violation of the JASIG and mockery of the entire peace talks--Allan Jazmines
Submitted by Contributor on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 16:30.(Dear friends, Alan Jazmines, NDFP Peace Consultant, who was illegally arrested last February 14, 2011, requested SELDA to release his statement. Please see his full statement below. Please circulate. Thank you very much! ---SELDA National Office) read more »
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Raymund Villanueva's report on the opening day of the GPH-NDFP peace talks
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In time of Love let’s talk about Peace for our Children’s future
Submitted by Contributor on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 10:08.St. Valentine was a young priest who was jailed and executed in 269 AD for his conviction and stand against powerful oppressors. His act of sacrifice was out of love for justice, truth, freedom and human rights. Today, as the world celebrates his day, the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) prepares for the resumption of formal talks on peace. In the spirit of the true meaning of St. read more »
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Clergy-led movement for peace welcomes GPH-NDFP talks with elation
Submitted by Contributor on Tue, 02/15/2011 - 11:34.A clergy-led Mindanao movement – Sowing the Seeds of Peace –welcomes the renewed talks between government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) today in Oslo, Norway.
“We welcome this with our fervent support. The coming talks are set to discuss social and economic reforms, the meat of any negotiated political settlement which is key to addressing the roots of the armed conflict in the country,” Bishop Modesto Villasanta of the Ecumenical Bishops Forum-Mindanao and convenor of the movement said.
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“We welcome this with our fervent support. The coming talks are set to discuss social and economic reforms, the meat of any negotiated political settlement which is key to addressing the roots of the armed conflict in the country,” Bishop Modesto Villasanta of the Ecumenical Bishops Forum-Mindanao and convenor of the movement said.
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