Morong 43: Free at Last? [Video]

Morong 43: Free at Last?
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Beyond Morong 43: What Noynoy Should Do

In these audio clips, Dr. Merry Mia Clamor, Angela Doloricon and Maria Teresa Quinawayan, three of the Morong 43, share their experience in detention, their longing for their respective families, their views of the human-rights situation in the Philippines and their desire for freedom.
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The announcement of Aquino is no less than a reaction to the highest form of protest by the Morong 43 and to the overwhelming support for their case," Roneo Clamor, husband of Dr. Merry Mia-Clamor, one of the 43, and acting secretary general of Karapatan, said.

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