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Bloody Sunday victims’ kin testify in quadcomm hearing, demand justice

Bloody Sunday victims’ kin testify in quadcomm hearing, demand justice

Liezel Asuncion, widow of slain labor leader Emmanuel “Ka Manny” Asuncion, recounted the harrowing events of that day, detailing how the police raided their home and shot her husband. "They claimed my husband fought back, but I was there—I saw what really happened," she said. Asuncion highlighted the use of defective search warrants and fabricated charges that have plagued similar cases against activists.

NEWS IN PICTURES | Veloso family prays for clemency in a week-long vigil

NEWS IN PICTURES | Veloso family prays for clemency in a week-long vigil

Mary Jane Veloso’s accounts reveal the realities of Filipino migrant workers who are victimized by human traffickers. Mary Jane’s family and supporters call for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to grant her clemency, a conditional release of a person deprived of liberty (PDL), mitigating the consequences of criminal liability.

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