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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

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.

| Oct 11, 2025

Sep 2025 26

One law for the poor, another for the powerful

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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.

Sep 2025 21

Martial Law at 53: Afterlives of Impunity and the Continuity of Resistance

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History has come full circle, but so has the people’s resistance. On this anniversary of Martial Law, we call on all Filipinos to remember not only the horrors of the past but the dangers of their repetition. Dictatorship thrives when fear silences dissent; democracy lives when people collectively defy state oppression.