The persistence of repression has only made clearer why collective struggle is necessary—and why people’s lawyers will continue to stand with those who demand justice, dignity, and freedom.
NUPL | Dec 12, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland—The Philippine UPR (Universal Periodic Review) Watch condemned the prevention of the participation of two military abduction victims in the 55th regular session of United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in this city, calling the...
The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) takes exception to the NTF-ELCAC’s claim that it is distorting the truth on the reported arrest, torture, and summary execution of five NPA members in Bilar, Bohol. Among them was Hannah Cesista, a bar passer and former...
"...the brutal torture and killings of the captured NPA members is a grave breach of international humanitarian law which mandates the humane treatment of captured combatants as prisoners of war. They contradict President Marcos Jr.’s posturing about his government’s supposed pursuit of a “human rights based approach to development” and betray their tyrannical scheme to show no quarters to dissenters."