By RONALYN V. OLEA
and ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
BREAKING NEWS (Updated: 11:05 pm: Twenty-three female detainees have been released): Relatives and supporters of the political prisoners had been waiting for days for this moment to come, a week after President Benigno S. Aquino III ordered the dropping of charges against them. On Friday, they trooped to the court in Morong town in Rizal for the court’s release order and then, by nightfall, to Camp Bagong Diwa, where they waited for the authorities to free the detainees who had been jailed there for most of the past 10 months.
Day: December 17, 2010
Relatives, Supporters to Continue Vigil Until Issuance of Release Order for Morong 43 (PR)
Media Release December 17, 2010 Their relatives as well as thousands of people from the world over await in anticipation the 43 health workers as they are expected to be released from Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City today. Seven days after Philippine President Benigno Aquino III first publicly declared the withdrawal of all cases…
Sad ‘Croc’: Son Longed to Reunite with ‘Morong 43’ Mom
By MARYA SALAMAT
Egoy, the son of Dr. Merry Mia-Clamor, one of the “Morong 43” detainees, had hoped to see his mother watch him perform during his school’s annual presentation. But despite an order from the president, Dr. Clamor and the others remain in jail as of this writing.
Int’l Rights Group to Aquino: Probe Mistreatment of Detainees
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Aquino should promptly order a criminal investigation into the allegations of torture and ill-treatment in military custody,” the New York-based Human Rights Watch said, reacting to President Aquino’s order to drop charges against the Morong 43.