Largest International Group of Rights Lawyers Takes on Morong 43 Case
Published on September 17, 2010
“I’ll keep mentioning this case to the President…It’s just a matter of time, you can expect some action,” Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said when asked about the Morong 43 case. “It’s the case I would want to focus on after the [IRRC],” De Lima said, referring to the Incident Report and Review Committee on the Aug. 23 hostage taking incident.
By RONALYN V. OLEABulatlat.com
MANILA — An international group of human rights lawyers met with Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, Sept. 15 to raise their concerns over the continuing detention of 43 health workers.
The 43 health workers, now known as the Morong 43, were arrested by combined elements of the police and military on Feb. 6 in Morong, Rizal. Slapped with illegal possession of firearms and explosives, the 43 were tagged as members of the New People’s Army.
Thirty-seven of them have been transferred to Camp Bagong Diwa since May 1 while five remained in military captivity in Camp Capinpin, Tanay, Rizal.
The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL), the world’s oldest and biggest organization of human rights lawyers in the world with members in 90 countries, decided to take the case of the Morong 43 as one of its major international campaigns. The IADL is a non-government organization with consultative status to the Economic Social Council (ECOSOC) and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)..... MORE
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