At approximately 6:00 a.m. today, staff at Jollikod, a local eatery in Legazpi City owned by the family of Atty. Bartolome “Bart” Rayco, discovered two bullets ominously left at the entrance. The bullets were bound with black ribbons, one tethered to a piece of stone wrapped in paper and plastic. The paper contained a threatening message that read: “Atty. Bart Rayco MALAPIT KA NA!!” (Atty. Bart Rayco, your end is near!!!). Earlier, witnesses reported seeing unidentified men on a motorcycle stop outside the premises at around 4:00 a.m.

Sa halip na tugunan ang panawagan ng mga PDL na ibalik ang nawawalang pera at buwagin ang Trust Fund, mas hinigpitan pa ang mga PDL na mag-withdraw ng kanilang pera na naka-deposito sa system. Noong nakaraang linggo, isang beses lamang nagpa-withdraw sa Trust Fund. Kahapon, Agosto 27, napilitang magpa-withdraw ang mga empleyado matapos magtipon-tipon sa inner court ang mga PDL.

Fundamental freedoms are especially vital within educational institutions because education is not simply the transmission of knowledge; it is the formation of citizens capable of questioning authority, confronting injustice, and shaping democratic society.

The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) and the Public Interest Law Center (PILC) have filed a demand letter with the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) following reports that persons deprived of liberty (PDLS) were pressured or compelled to sign documents connected with alleged irregularities involving their Trust Fund accounts.

The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) condemns the brazen double standard of a justice system that affords maximum leniency to the political elite while operating with merciless rigidity against human rights defenders. This glaring hypocrisy is freshly exposed by the provisional liberty granted to former Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., contrasted against the protracted detention of community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and human rights worker Marielle Domequil.

We, the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL), Public Interest Law Center (PILC), Sentro Para sa Tunay na Repormang Agraryo (SENTRA), Pro-Labor Legal Assistance Center (PLACE), and NUPL–National Capital Region, condemn the unlawful, deceptive, and intimidating interrogation of youth activists arrested during the People’s SONA.

The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) welcomes and supports the decisive initiative of United States Representative Pramila Jayapal, together with ten other US legislators, demanding an independent, impartial, and credible investigation into the bloody...

The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) vehemently condemns the escalating, systematic harassment leveled against its members in Nueva Vizcaya—Atty. Fidel Santos and Atty. Edgardo “Edu” Balgos—who have steadfastly stood with marginalized communities defending...

A serial red-tagger and former spokesperson of the NTF-ELCAC has once again weaponized her platform to baselessly vilify the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL). She recycled the unfounded claim that our organization is a “CPP-NPA-NDF front” and mocked us as the “National Union of Patakas Lawyers,” accusing us of making a habit of freeing so-called “communist terrorists” before the courts. We categorically condemn this dangerous assault on people's lawyers.