[OPINION] Jhed and Jonila's fight for justice
'How can the same system that demands for the truth crucify defenders who are bravely telling the truth?'
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'How can the same system that demands for the truth crucify defenders who are bravely telling the truth?'
'We owe it to Jonila and Jhed who bravely stood up against their oppressors while sitting beside them at a press conference'
'There is no legal basis to hold them any second longer,' says National Union of Peoples' Lawyers chairperson Edre Olalia, as he joined groups seeking the immediate release of environmental activists Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro
The two women return to their family and friends after a press conference led by the NTF-ELCAC, where they declared they were abducted by the military
National Security Council Assistant Director General Jonathan Malaya says the two activists were not 'abducted' and that they decided to leave the communist movement