Bu-lat-lat (boo-lat-lat) verb: to search, probe, investigate, inquire; to unearth facts Volume IV, Number 13 May 2 - 8, 2004 Quezon City, Philippines |
human
rights watch Zenaida Llesis, 6 Others Released from PrisonBY
BULATLAT.COM
Tension
rose however when members of the Philippine National Police (PNP), who served as
security escorts for Llesis when she was transferred from Bukidnon to Manila in
February initially refused to recognize the order. According to a statement by Karapatan, the PNP men did not want to recognize the release order as they wanted Llesis to be transferred to the custody of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Region 10 instead of the human rights group Karapatan. It
took five hours of heated debate between PNP officials and Llesis’ supporters
before she was finally released at around 8 p.m. Meanwhile,
Karapatan announced on April 30 the release of two other nursing mothers, Lucena
Lagado and Irene Plagtiosa, as well as another woman political detainee,
Antonieta Pegoria. On April 28,
three political prisoners from Cebu, Alison Alcantara, Rodulfo Cañedo and
Janeth Montecalvo, were also released. Karapatan
also said that three other political detainees are set to be released on May 3.
They are Alfredo Yodico and Nito Banga from Bohol and Maribel Barcenal
from Tangub, Western Mindanao. The release of political detainees is part of the goodwill measures undertaken by the Arroyo government as part of the agreement between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) ad the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) after the second round of talks held in Oslo, Norway from March 30 to April 2. Bulatlat.com We want to know what you think of this article.
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