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More than a century ago, Philippine prisons reeled from a flu pandemic. History might be repeated without adequate healthcare for prisoners and drastic interventions to stem the Covid-19 outbreak. The post The Old and New Bilibid Prisons in the Time of Pandemics appeared first on Kodao Productions.

The four peasant rights workers arrested in Nueva Ecija recently may have been tortured, human rights group Karapatan said. In a statement, the group said Yolanda Diamsay Ortiz (46) of Anakpawis Party, Eulalia Ladesma (44) of Gabriela Women’s Party, and youth activists Edzel Emocling (23) and Rachel Galario 20 bore visible bruises on their faces…