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Elizabeth Principe being processed for released by a PNP custodial officer. (Photo by Raymund B. Villanueva / bulatlat.com) With daughter Lorena Santos (left), Principe walks out of Camp Crame. (Photo by Raymund B. Villanueva / bulatlat.com) Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza...
“My continued detention shows that the Government of the Republic of the Philippines is not serious in lifting the suspension of the Jasig. There is political pressure to keep me in jail. But they are no match against the mass movement who spared no effort in their support,” Principe said. 
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Principe Finally Freed from Camp Crame Jail
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Relatives and friends of Elizabeth Principe, the political prisoner released this afternoon from Camp Crame, held a protest rally in front of the police headquarters to demand Principe's freedom. In picture if Evangeline Hernandez, secretary-general of Hustisya!, a...
Elizabeth Principe’s release followed a protest by supporters today in front of Camp Crame, the headquarters of the Philippine National Police, and after Principe held a brief hunger strike to denounce the military’s attempt to prevent her from being freed despite a court order dismissing all charges against her.
Marie Hilao Enriquez, secretary-general of Karapatan, told Bulatlat that the military refused to release Elizabeth Principe’s clearance papers. “This is already a case of illegal detention since the court has already ordered her release,” Enriquez said. Principe was supposed to be freed Monday night.
“How can we claim to be under a democracy when a political prisoner continues to languish in jail even as all the trumped-up charges filed against her have already been dismissed?”
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