PHM-Exch> Philippines: Group disappointed by court decision; outraged by the manner of taking back Judilyn Oliveros and child back to detention

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: HEAD Philippines <headphil at gmail.com>
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*FREE THE 43 HEALTH WORKERS ALLIANCE
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*AUGUST 19, 2010*

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*PRESS RELEASE *

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*Carlos Montemayor, RN*, spokesperson, FREE THE 43 HEALTH WORKERS ALLIANCE

Mobile: 0922-4996237



*Group disappointed by court decision; outraged by the manner of taking back
Judilyn Oliveros and child back to detention*





The *FREE THE 43 HEALTH WORKERS ALLIANCE* was dismayed over the Morong
Regional Trial Court’s decision to deny the motion to release under
recognizance Judilyn Oliveros, one of the Morong 43 who recently gave birth.




Dated August 16, 2010, the decision penned by Judge Gina Cenat Escoto of
Morong RTC Branch 78 directed the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
(BJMP) to immediately return Oliveros to Camp Bagong Diwa in Bicutan
yesterday, Aug. 18 at around noontime.



Carlos Montemayor, spokesperson of the group said they were disappointed
that the court failed to recognize the weight of their compelling reasons to
bring Oliveros and her child together outside of detention.  Meanwhile, they
were outraged by the unjust manner how jail guards and escorts breached
hospital protocols and served the court order.



Guarded with 15-20 guards mostly with long arms, Oliveros was forcibly taken
out of the hospital.  She was shackled on the way out of the PGH until she
boarded the security vehicle and was only allowed to remove her handcuffs
inside the said vehicle to hold her child.



“We are disappointed that the rights of mother and child were subverted when
they were brought back to Camp Bagong Diwa.”



The group said that Oliveros thru her counsels sought the “release on
recognizance” as a legal remedy on the belief and reasonable hope that the
state would recognize the right of the mother to take care of the child
outside the detention cell.



Montemayor asserted that Oliveros is not a convicted felon and was detained
under unlawful means. Her rights were violated when she was illegally
arrested along with her colleagues, psychologically tortured and
continuously tormented by illegal detention.



This incident is a setback on the respect for human rights; the alliance
resolves to work for the immediate release of Judilyn and her baby. As of
today, the counsels for the Morong 43 are filing a motion for
reconsideration.
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