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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 12, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 12:04 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

As Imelda Marcos marks 92nd birthday, ex-martial law prisoners say 'jail her'

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 02 09:26 PM

Political prisoners during the martial law era gave an unusual "greeting" to the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos' widow Imelda Marcos, who is celebrating her 92nd birthday.   Read more »

'Setback': CHR warns Ombudsman after clearing cops behind 'dehumanizing' secret jail

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 27 05:54 PM

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Tuesday reminded the Office of the Ombudsman of its mandate to "check abuse of power" after it exonerated the Manila City cops allegedly behind the controversial secret jail cell discovered in 2017 that shocked the nation. Read more »

Ombudsman drops charges vs cops behind 'secret jail' in Tondo

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 27 02:01 PM

The Office of the Ombudsman has dismissed criminal and administrative complaints filed by the Commission on Human Rights against Manila policemen for supposedly maintaining a secret detention facility as well as other violations committed against detainees. Read more »

6 get death for masterminding riot at Indonesian detention center

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 22 01:55 PM

An Indonesian court has sentenced 6 people to death for masterminding a riot inside a detention center at the headquarters of an elite Indonesian police unit near Jakarta in 2018, killing 5 police officers. Read more »

CHR urges gov't to include detainees, prisoners in COVID-19 vaccination program

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 14 05:14 PM

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) urged government Wednesday to "equally consider" persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) as "priority population" in its inoculation program given their vulnerability to the virus inside Philippines notoriously congested jails. Read more »

Nearly 40 people killed in Myanmar as security forces quell anti-coup protests: UN envoy

Reuters
Posted at Mar 04 04:48 AM

Thirty-eight people were killed in Myanmar on Wednesday as the military quelled protests in several towns and cities, the United Nations said, the most violent day since demonstrations against last month's military coup first broke out. Read more »

Politicians, doctors and a fortune-teller: Myanmar's new wave of detainees

Wa Lone, Poppy McPherson and Aditi Bhandari, Reuters
Posted at Mar 02 11:20 PM

Since Myanmar's military seized power in a coup on Feb. 1, overthrowing elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, security forces have detained more than 1,000 people, hundreds at protests and many more in raids - often at night. Read more »

COVID-19: Lockdown love and longing for family in Zamboanga jail

Karmela Tordecilla, International Committee of the Red Cross
Posted at Feb 22 11:54 PM

Like many couples and families around the world, movement restrictions due to COVID-19 have separated them indefinitely. Read more »

6 na preso sa Angeles City dinala sa ospital matapos ma-food poison

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 12:35 PM

Isinugod sa ospital Martes ng tanghali ang 6 na persons under police custody ng Angeles City Police Station 3 dahil sa food poisoning. Read more »

Hong Kong police detain 3 under national security law

Jessie Pang, Reuters
Posted at Oct 27 11:09 PM

Hong Kong police on Tuesday detained three people under the city's contentious national security law on suspicion of publishing content to incite others to secede from China.   Read more »

13 detainees pumuga sa Caloocan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 22 08:15 PM

Patuloy ang pagtugis sa 13 detainees na pumuga sa Caloocan custodial facility sa tabi ng City Hall nitong Huwebes ng madaling araw. Read more »

After 4 months and in 300 pages, SC says it couldn't act on prisoners’ plea for release during pandemic

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 03:50 PM

It took the Supreme Court 4 months and 301 pages to justify why it could not act on the plea of several prisoners and detainees vulnerable to the coronavirus, leaving the trial courts to decide on their fate instead.   Read more »

Relatives accuse Hong Kong govt of lying over surveillance of detainees

Reuters
Posted at Oct 08 10:22 PM

HONG KONG - Relatives of some of the 12 Hong Kong activists arrested by Chinese authorities at sea more than six weeks ago as they tried to flee by boat to Taiwan have accused the Hong Kong government of lying over the circumstances surrounding their capture.   Read more »

15 detainees dead due to COVID-19: BJMP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 03:53 PM

Fifteen detainees have died due to COVID-19, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology said Thursday.   Read more »

SC justice stuck in Visayas delays resolution of petition for release of detainees

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 11 11:56 PM

MANILA - The failure of a Supreme Court justice to travel back to Manila from the Visayas is causing the delay in resolving an urgent petition for the release of sick, elderly and pregnant detainees amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta said Thursday. Read more »

SC urged to release sick, elderly detainees amid rising COVID-19 cases in jails

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 29 12:51 AM

The number of COVID-19 cases in Philippine jails continues to rise. Read more »

DOH issues guidelines amid coronavirus infections in prisons, jails

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 29 10:45 PM

The Department of Health (DOH) has released guidelines to stem COVID-19 infections in prisons and jails in the country, an official said Wednesday. Read more »

SC petitioners refute OSG: COVID-19 cases in jails show inability to prevent virus spread

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 27 09:58 PM

Citing the rising number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in jails, political prisoners who urged the Supreme Court for their temporary release refuted the claim of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) that the Philippine government is doing enough to prevent the spread of the virus.   Read more »

SolGen opposes release of prisoners amid COVID-19 threat, says Reds exploiting crisis

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 25 04:19 PM

The Office of the Solicitor General has opposed the plea of inmates seeking temporary release from jail amid the threat of the coronavirus pandemic, accusing them of being members of communist groups and of taking advantage of the issue. Read more »