Search You Are Here:Home → 2021 → May → 28 → Rights defenders decry courts’ junking of motions filed by detained labor organizers Rights defenders decry courts’ junking of motions filed by detained labor organizers 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 Ronalyn V. Olea /Bulatlat)“It is absurd that the Mandaluyong court saw the inconsistencies and defects of the narratives and evidence provided by the police in arresting Esparago and Salem but the same set of facts were ignored by QC and Manila courts.”