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Hands off NUPL Negros Chairperson Atty. Rey Gorgonio and PDG development workers! – NUPL

These attacks against Atty. Gorgonio and his clients, whom the military has labeled as “high value individuals,” are part of the continuing weaponization of counterterrorism measures against development workers and human rights defenders. They create a chilling climate meant to intimidate and hinder human rights lawyers from independently performing their duties and providing legal services without fear.

| Feb 5, 2026

Jan 2026 22

On the Conviction of Frenchie Mae Cumpio and Marielle Domequil for Terrorism Financing

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For human rights defenders, humanitarian and religious workers, development NGO personnel, journalists, and community organizers, the unmistakable message is that legitimate social engagement and protected civic activity may be recast by the State as terrorism financing through broad and elastic standards untethered from real acts of terrorism. This shows how terror laws in the Philippines, by their nature and design, chill speech, deter association, and shrink civic space.

Jan 2026 7

On the US Assault on Venezuela and the Erosion of International Law

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We likewise call on lawyers’ organizations, human rights institutions, and all freedom-loving peoples to stand with the people of Venezuela and mobilize public pressure against this unlawful assault. The task before us is to resist imperial violence and the rule of force—firmly, collectively, and with an unambiguous commitment to the rule of law and the right of all peoples to determine their own future.

Jan 2026 5

Red-Tagging and the Policing of Dissent: On the Attack Against Dean Tony La Viña

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People’s lawyers will continue to stand together against every form of attack, including red-tagging. Experience should have taught Parlade and others who traffic in this practice that intimidation does not deter us from our work. It only sharpens our resolve to confront the weaponization of law, as seen in the prosecution of the Talaingod 13, and to defend those whose rights are trampled in the name of security.

Dec 2025 19

NUPL Calls for a Unified, Rights-Based Law on Body-Worn Cameras

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The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) has released a policy paper calling on Congress to enact a unified, rights-based Body-Worn Camera Transparency and Accountability Act. At present, the use of body-worn cameras in the Philippines is governed by a...

Dec 2025 12

Honor Bonifacio by Defying Impunity

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To honor Bonifacio is to take up the courage he lived and continue the unfinished struggle he began: the fight for justice, dignity, and genuine democracy.