Politics and Government
Politics and Government
Mon, January 13, 2025
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BJMP urged to retract memo based on Parlade's claim linking PDLs to communists
- Kapatid, a support group for political prisoners and their families, on Monday called on the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) to recall a directive ordering "close monitoring of suspected Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) members in jails,
The article discusses a call from the National Union of Peoples' Lawyers (NUPL) for the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) to retract a memorandum that was based on claims by former National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson, Lorraine Badoy-Pardales. The memo, issued by BJMP Chief Ruel Rivera, suggested that persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were being recruited by communist groups, a claim NUPL argues is baseless and could lead to the profiling and red-tagging of detainees. NUPL emphasized that such actions violate the rights of PDLs and could prejudice their cases. The group also criticized the reliance on unverified information from a controversial figure like Pardales, who has been known for making unfounded allegations against activists and lawyers.
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[ https://www.msn.com/en-ph/politics/government/bjmp-urged-to-retract-memo-based-on-parlade-s-claim-linking-pdls-to-communists/ar-BB1rlXTs ]
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[ https://www.msn.com/en-ph/politics/government/bjmp-urged-to-retract-memo-based-on-parlade-s-claim-linking-pdls-to-communists/ar-BB1rlXTs ]
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