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DOH The Department of Health (DOH) urged authorities to practice due process after community doctor Maria Natividad Castro was arrested. "All our citizens, health workers included, enjoy the constitutional guarantees of due process and presumption of innocence until proven guilty," the DOH said i

The Commission on Human Rights says it is undertaking motu propio investigation on the reports received that indicate possible violations of the PNP rules of procedure.

The Commission on Human Rights and the Free Legal Assistance Group on Saturday said they were gravely concerned as to the whereabouts of health worker Dr. Ma. Natividad 'Naty' Castro after her arrest by authorities on Friday.

The Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines on Friday arrested a doctor whom they claim to be a high-ranking communist official in San Juan City.

"My sister is accused of multiple charges of kidnapping and illegal detention, all related to her human rights advocacy. ALL UNTRUE."

A doctor identified by the Philippine National Police as an alleged “communist terrorist group leader” was arrested in San Juan City on Friday, Feb. 18, but the family of the suspect denied the police’s allegations and called them “untrue.” Mugshot of Dr. Maria Natividad Castro (Courtesy of PNP-P

1st UPDATE. Dr. Natividad ‘Naty’ Castro also served as secretary general of rights group Karapatan in Caraga

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