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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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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.
 
February 17 marked the third day of formal peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Ph  read more »
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Ceasefire violations in Northeast and Southern Mindanao are in contempt of the peace process

Submitted by Contributor on Sat, 02/19/2011 - 10:52.

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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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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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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As the GRP-NDF peace talks resume, human rights lawyers support calls for release of all political prisoners

Submitted by Contributor on Tue, 02/15/2011 - 09:00.
In the light of the impending resumption of formal peace talks between the Government o the Philippines (GPH) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in Norway, the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL), a bar association of human rights lawyers in the Philippines, strongly supports the calls for the unconditional release of all political prisoners in the country.
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In support of the GPH-NDFP peace talks, Karapatan calls for release of all political prisoners

Submitted by Contributor on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 13:05.
With the formal peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) about to resume this week, the human rights group  KARAPATAN calls on the Aquino administration for the unconditional release of all political prisoners in the country.

“This would be a gesture of goodwill on the part of the government,” KARAPATAN spokesperson Jigs Clamor said.

Militant groups and peace advocates will march to Mendiola on Monday to support the resumption of talks between the government and the NDFP.
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An open letter to President Benigno Aquino III from Dr. Chandu Claver

Submitted by Contributor on Sun, 08/15/2010 - 11:52.

I am Chandu Claver. My family was the target of an ambush by suspected State agents nearly four years today on July 31, 2006 in the province of Kalinga. My wife Alice was killed, as a result. Because of continuing threats on what remained of my family, I was forced to seek political refuge in Canada.  read more »

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