“We hope that this would be given due attention. Some 20 years ago, Flor was executed. We were told that she would be the last.”
Flor’s daughter joins call to #SaveMaryJane
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Mary Jane’s father, lawyers fly to Indonesia
“Attorney, please bring home my mother.”
‘What went wrong?’ | 15 questions Aquino, DFA need to answer on Mary Jane case
“If answered unsatisfactorily, this would prove that the government have neglected Mary Jane.”
Lawyers put Aquino govt to task on Mary Jane’s plight
“Mary Jane’s human rights were violated when she was unscrupulously victimized by a drug trafficking syndicate. She should not be punished but given justice.”
Save Mary Jane Veloso, save the Filipino people
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective The family, relatives and friends of Mary Jane Veloso, with the help of Migrante International and other progressive groups, the Catholic Church, and concerned citizens are trying to move heaven and earth to save her life and spare her from the death sentence. Mary Jane Veloso has been sentenced to…
Filipinos worldwide appeal to save Mary Jane
“Why is she the one who will be made to suffer while those who orchestrated the trafficking and fooled her into unknowingly transporting the illegal drugs are still out there continuing their criminal activities?”
Full Text: Mary Jane Veloso narrates how she ended up in death row
This copy was provided to Bulatlat.com by the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers, a Filipino lawyer rights group who took on Veloso’s case as progressive groups carry on their last ditched efforts to save her from execution.
Case of Filipina in death row highlights need for GPH-NDFP peace talks
“The very reason that drove Mary Jane Veloso away was economic difficulties, the dream of a better life. All the more there is a need to resume the peace talks so that both panels can proceed with the discussion on socio-economic reforms.”
OFW group says gov’t help always ‘too little, too late’
Migrante International says the lack of legal assistance by government deprives OFWs due process and lands them straight to jail, in some cases, in death row.
The Velosos, a family of OFWs
“The story of the Veloso family is truly heartbreaking. But what is more saddening is that we know that there are more like them.”
A sons’ wish: ‘I want to rescue Mama’
The children of Mary Jane Veloso, the Filipina in death row in Indonesia, hope that she will be saved from execution.