STATEMENTS

[ENGLISH] Reframing how the State views Indigenous Peoples and Communities and their contributions to Philippine society is the long-term aspiration of this IP Electoral Agenda. The realization of this goal hinges on the positive steps on six identified key issues and concerns that would have to be undertaken by the state.

[TAGALOG] Ang pagbasura sa kasong estafa sa pangalan ng isang nagngangalang Mary Jane Velasco noong Hunyo 25, 2025 ng Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 34 ay mahalagang hakbang sa laban ni Niezel—isang ebidensiya ng paulit-ulit na judicial harassment laban sa mga nagtataguyod ng karapatang Katutubo.

[ENGLISH] The June 25, 2025 dismissal of the estafa case under the name "Mary Jane Velasco" by Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 34 marks a significant development in the legal battle wrongfully imposed on Niezel, revealing a systematic pattern of judicial harassment that threatens Indigenous advocacy.

Ayon sa datos ng Karapatan National, mayroong 157 kababaihang bilanggong pulitikal, kung saan hindi bababa sa 15 ang mga Katutubo at IP advo