Relatives of distressed OFWs expressed support to Mary Jane Veloso while expressing their frustrations over the seeming lack of action from the government.
“We hope that this would be given due attention. Some 20 years ago, Flor was executed. We were told that she would be the last.”
“Attorney, please bring home my mother.”
"If answered unsatisfactorily, this would prove that the government have neglected Mary Jane."
“Mary Jane’s human rights were violated when she was unscrupulously victimized by a drug trafficking syndicate. She should not be punished but given justice."
Staff Sergeant Edgardo Osorio, accused in the disappearance of Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño, argues that the kidnapping and detention charges against him cannot stick because the victims are missing.
The dismissal was due to the failure of the prosecution to bring before the court the complainants of the nearly 30-year-old case.
“They were not even given bed foams. They only use carton boxes to protect them from either the cold or hot flooring of the empty swimming pool.”
For the the mothers of the disappeared, the silliest question was when the defense lawyer asked if Raymond Manalo has photos or videos of himself, along with the two UP students, to prove his statements.
“Why is she the one who will be made to suffer while those who orchestrated the trafficking and fooled her into unknowingly transporting the illegal drugs are still out there continuing their criminal activities?”
This copy was provided to Bulatlat.com by the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers, a Filipino lawyer rights group who took on Veloso’s case as progressive groups carry on their last ditched efforts to save her from execution.
“The death penalty is widely considered to be a disproportionate penalty for drug-related offences.”
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Migrante International says the lack of legal assistance by government deprives OFWs due process and lands them straight to jail, in some cases, in death row.
“The story of the Veloso family is truly heartbreaking. But what is more saddening is that we know that there are more like them.”
The children of Mary Jane Veloso, the Filipina in death row in Indonesia, hope that she will be saved from execution.
The family of Mary Jane Veloso, the Filipina in death row in Indonesia, appeals for help from President Aquino.
“Mary Jane Veloso is not only a victim of drug trafficking syndicates but also of government neglect.”
Bishop Felixberto Calang called on priests to incarnate “a simple life offered to the people” and the faithful to strive in the fullness of Christ.
A witness, a certain Roger Reyes Rodriguez linked all three separate households claiming that he was brought by Ruben Saluta from one house to another in search of a gun that he liked.
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