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Bulatlat Live Event: Webcast Interview with Colleagues, Lawyers and Relatives of ‘Morong 43’
‘Morong 43’ Cry Torture; Satur Denounces ‘Grandslam Day for Impunity’
By RONALYN V. OLEA
After three days, relatives and colleagues were finally able to visit the 43 arrested health workers through the intervention of Commission on Human Rights (CHR) chairperson Leila de Lima, who earlier denounced the military for refusing access to those detained.
CHD to AFP PNP -Release Abducted Doctors, Nurses, and Community Health Workers in Tanay, Rizal
MEDIA RELEASE February 8, 2010 As thousands of Filipino health professionals are driven away from the country because of lack of enough opportunities, the government terrorizes the very few who chose to stay and serve their fellow citizens, Council for Health and Development revealed in a press conference held in Quezon City. In a statement,…
Military Continues to Deny Friends, Kin Access to ‘Morong 43’
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Relatives and friends of the 43 health workers — among them doctors, nurses and midwives — who were taken by the military and police in Morong, Rizal province, on Saturday are set to file on Monday a petition for habeas corpus before the Supreme Court. This, after the military on Sunday continued to prevent them, as well as the media, from seeing those arrested in person.