Government keeps denying the existence of political
prisoners. We need to assert the truth! Join us in a call to #FREEOURDEFENDERS!
Free all political prisoners!
In previous
statement, PNoy’s spokesperson Lacierda declared that ‘We have no political
prisoners.’ Then the Department of
Justice (DOJ) failed to deliver Government’s commitment to look into the plight
of all victims of political incarceration as a result of the hunger strike more
than one year ago. There’s unconfirmed
information that the existing mechanism for the release of alleged political
offenders (PCBREP) is to be dissolved by the government. If this information is
true then the Aquino Government has no intention to release political prisoners
through executive action.
While the
general public and even most advocates are not aware of the situation and
continuing violation of political incarceration and criminalization of
political offense, these violations are used to attack freedom of belief and
even human rights defenders.
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