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Groups appeal for international probe on ‘crackdown on activists’
December 14, 2020
Relatives and friends of the seven human rights defenders arrested on Dec. 10 call for the immediate release of their loved ones in a press conference, Dec. 14 at the Commission on Human Rights. (Photo by RVO/Bulatlat)Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said the domestic remedies are no longer enough, noting the trend of police “planting evidence” with impunity.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
MANILA – Colleagues of the seven human rights defenders arrested on Dec. 10 appealed to the international community to look into what they called as “crackdown on activists.”
Published December 14, 2020, 6:30 PM
The families and friends of “Human Rights Day 7,” composed of the arrested labor organizers and a journalist, on Monday testified to the innocence of their loved ones following their last week’s arrest for illegal possession of firearms and explosives.
(photo from KARAPATAN)
They spoke at a media briefing held at the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Quezon City, where they maintained that the HRD7 are innocent and some of them even don’t know how to hold a gun, much less own explosives and other types of firearms.
Diana Zapata, the wife of Dennise Velasco of Defend Jobs Philippines, said that her husband will not even think about putting firearms in their room.