THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT CONTINUES ITS CRIMINAL CRUSADE TO SILENCE ALL INDIGENOUS AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN THAT COUNTRY!
I woke up to sad news today, one of my favorite students that I was privileged to co-mentor in the Tribal LInk program at the United Nations (for the UNPFII) - Jennifer Awingan, a well-known Indigenous person & Indigenous Rights Activist in the Philippines, is now under ILLEGAL arrest and detention in her country.
Lawyers shall file for reconsideration for bail but it will take some days and court hearings for such a request. It is definite that Jen will be detained at the Abra Provincial Jail, 6 hours away from Baguio until such a request is granted.
Please share this far and wide to help expose the WANTON CRIMINALITY of the Government of the Philippines - who are on a ruthless crusade to SILENCE - by arrest or assassination - ALL the leaders of the Indigenous Rights movements in that country.
Last year it was her innocent daughter Kara, this year its the mother Jennifer Awingan herself.
DEVELOPING STORY: Jeniffer Awingan-a former student leader and a current environmental defender, indigenous peoples' rights activist, and development worker- was reportedly arrested at 11:45 AM today on the basis of a trumped-up charge of Rebellion, a non-bailable case.
Awingan, along with other progressive individuals in the Cordillera and Ilocos region was included in the Warrant of Arrest issued by Judge Corpuz Alzate on January 24th, 2023, last Tuesday.
There was no due process observed in this case as the respondents say that they were not duly informed.
Негізгі бет THE ILLEGAL POLITICAL PERSECUTION OF INDIGENOUS RIGHTS ACTIVIST JENNIFER AWINGAN
Пікірлер