MSOpinion Political prisoners in new Philippines “The leader of a new Philippines would have acknowledged the political prisoners in the SONA”
“The leader of a new Philippines would have acknowledged the political prisoners in the SONA”
Most detainees, not just political prisoners, suffer from the terrible conditions of the Philippine prison system.There are many political prisoners who have become sick, even sicker, or have passed away because of incarceration. These conditions as well as the clear repression done through this practice of jailing activists has led Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto to launch their campaign “Breaking chains, Reclaiming freedom from Marcos Sr. to Marcos Jr.”
Of all the political prisoners in the country now, 139 or 20 percent of the total are in Negros island.Political prisoners from Cebu City and at the Metro Manila District Jail Annex 4, Camp Bagong Diwa also did a protest fast in solidarity with the political prisoners from Negros island. They also demanded for the release of nine sick and elderly political prisons– namely 66-year old Epifanio Romano, 65-year old Diosdado Caballero, 63-year olds Sidwin Gordoncillo and Azucena Garubat, 61-year old Corazon Javier, and 60-year olds Nilda Bertolano, Andres Pasyonela and Abraham Villanueva, as well as Lindy Perocho.
During the rare times that political prisoners are allowed to temporarily leave detention for health concerns, they are still dehumanized.
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