Congratulations to people’s lawyers Atty. Neri Colmenares and Atty. Carlos Isagani Zarate for receiving the IBP President’s Awards

Solidarity Message of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers on the Occasion of the 20th Founding Anniversary and 9th Congress of the Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao (UPLM

The Call of Our Times

Comrades, friends, and colleagues, we are facing difficult times. The repression is relentless. The threats are palpable and real.

But the call of our times is clear: to continue, to stand firm, and to multiply the ranks of people’s lawyers who will not flinch in the face of fear.

On the IBP “Golden Pillar Award” to Rodrigo Roa Duterte: Unbelievable. What a disgrace. No one else could be so undeserving.

And to mindlessly gloss over that this award was given automatically for mere length of years as a lawyer is to bestow it to even those who make a mockery of the lofty IBP ideals of no master but law, no goal but justice, and no guide but conscience.

On the maltreatment of detainees: the police deny, but the evidence speaks

We reiterate our call for the immediate release of all those unlawfully arrested on September 21, for urgent medical treatment of those injured, and for a full, independent inquiry into the acts of torture, cruel treatment, and arbitrary detention committed under police custody.

One law for the poor, another for the powerful

It is not disorder or damage to property that most endangers society, but the daily violence of hunger, corruption, and repression. It is the poor who are punished swiftly and harshly, while those truly responsible for the country’s decay are shielded from accountability.

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Solidarity Message of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers on the Occasion of the 20th Founding Anniversary and 9th Congress of the Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao (UPLM

On the IBP “Golden Pillar Award” to Rodrigo Roa Duterte: Unbelievable. What a disgrace. No one else could be so undeserving.

On the maltreatment of detainees: the police deny, but the evidence speaks

One law for the poor, another for the powerful

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