“The humane treatment of persons under detention and their release from prison in the midst of a raging pandemic are in consonance with international laws, among them the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, to which the Philippines is a state party.”
Tags: prisoners of conscience
Kin, friends form Kapatid to press for release of political prisoners
“Political prisoners are a symbol of unpeace and injustice. They must be freed.”