In a decision dated Jan. 27, CA Associate Justice Lorenzo R. Dela Rosa said that the “granting of the quashal of the search warrants is only proper and just.”
CA affirms dismissal of trumped-up case vs. journalist, trade unionist
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Justice grinds slow for 4 of the #HRDay7 still in prison
“We hope that the court will see and appreciate the inconsistencies with regard to the process and issuance of the search warrant itself.”
Labor organizer Dennise Velasco walks free
“This string of dismissals shows Judge Villavert’s notorious and baseless issuances of search warrants. She has clearly turned her court into a factory of bogus search warrants which has led to the illegal arrest of at least 76 activists, human rights defenders, peace advocates, peasant leaders, and journalists.”
QC court junks charges against labor organizer
The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) said that the court’s findings “only prove how State forces are hell-bent at quelling the exercise of labor rights being promoted by trade union organizers such as Dennise Velasco as well as activists in general.”
Prosecutors keep journalist, labor organizer in jail despite dismissal of charges
Lawyers of journalist Lady Ann Salem and labor organizer Rodrigo Esparago asserted that the court’s decision dismissing the charges against the two is final and executory, thus, their clients should be released immediately.
Kin, colleagues slam move to keep 4 union organizers in jail
“Parang binuhusan ako ng malamig na tubig. (My enthusiasm was immediately put off) If you could just imagine the mental anguish that we feel because all along we thought we will be with him this Christmas.”
Rights defenders call on the public to intensify campaign for justice for HRDay7
“The situation will worsen if we are silent… Now is the time to fight, to speak, and to push for genuine social change.”
Kin urge SC to release union organizers, decry violation of rights
Relatives of Dennise Velasco and Joel Demate asserted that the “issuance of the search warrants was tainted with infirmities,” and the implementation of the search warrant “is in violation of established rules of procedure and in gross derogation of their constitutional rights.”
Groups appeal for international probe on ‘crackdown on activists’
Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said the domestic remedies are no longer enough, noting the trend of police “planting evidence” with impunity.