Her lawyers waited at the airport yesterday afternoon but they did not see Castro nor the arresting team. As of press time, Castro is yet to be found.
Surface community doctor Naty Castro, rights groups say
Tags: human rights defenders in the Philippines
Why the junking of charges against 17 Mindanao activists is a ‘slap in the face of red-taggers’
Since her release from prison last October 2021, Teresita Naul continues her work as a human rights defender.
UNHRC adopts reso sparing PH from international probe into rights abuses
Despite its shortcomings, the resolution remains “among the indications of the international community’s acknowledgement of and persisting scrutiny on the human rights crisis” under the Duterte administration.
First Person | Notes of a non-lawyer: How the CA’s 14th Division is acting in favor of the respondents President Duterte et al in the petition for writs of amparo & habeas data
While we will fight it out and still avail whatever remedy there is, we are inclined to affirm the view that courts in especially with those appointed by the current President and his allies are severely compromised. We are inclined to believe that even these so-called remedies for victims of human rights violations are discouraging and thus are rendered inutile.