Press Release | 26 August 2026 The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) and the Public Interest Law Center (PILC) today electronically filed a demand letter with the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW), calling for an immediate end to reported coercive...
NUPL | Aug 26, 2026
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...
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...
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...
As the Senate convenes as an impeachment court to try Vice President Sara Duterte, the National Union of Peoples' Lawyers (NUPL) issues a stern reminder to the senator-judges regarding a fundamental constitutional premise: the power you are about to exercise is not...
Railroaded through the legislature during a pandemic lockdown and over the broadest constitutional opposition in our history, Republic Act No. 11479, the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 (ATA), was always an instrument of state repression. When the law faced thirty-seven...
Erlinda Cadapan and Concepcion Empeño, mothers of abducted University of the Philippines students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño, conducted a personal verification of retired Major General Jovito Palparan’s detention at the National Bilibid Prison (NBP) last June...
The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) joins child rights advocates, human rights defenders, and concerned sectors in opposing renewed proposals to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR). These proposals run contrary to international child...
Atty. Catherine Dannug-Salucon, NUPL Cagayan Valley Coordinator, and former NUPL National Officer, was subjected to surveillance in her Quezon City residence. According to reports, a male person who identified himself as Fernando Gopilan tried to gain access to...
