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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 »

PH immigration works to decongest detention center to avoid COVID-19 transmission among foreign detainees

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 22 03:29 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - Philippine immigration authorities are working to decongest its detention facility located in the capital Manila to reduce the risk of an outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among foreign nationals being detained there, the agency said Wednesday. Read more »

BJMP 'agrees on all efforts to decongest' jails: spox

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 19 09:00 AM

The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) said Sunday it agrees on "all efforts to decongest" the country's jails as 9 inmates and 9 of its staff contracted COVID-19. Read more »

Guevarra: DOJ studying plea to release low-risk inmates amid COVID-19 threat

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 09:16 PM

The Department of Justice is studying the mounting plea of several groups to release low-risk prisoners who might be vulnerable to contracting the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in jail. Read more »

‘Prison emergency’ pushed to prevent COVID-19 spread in ‘horribly crowded’ PH jails

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 07 01:21 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte should declare a “prison emergency” and free sick, elderly, and other low-risk inmates to prevent a possible outbreak of the new coronavirus in the Philippines’ notoriously crowded jails, an advocacy group said Tuesday. Read more »

CHR condemns alleged rape of female detainees in Marikina

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 06:35 PM

MANILA - The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Thursday expressed alarm over the alleged rape of 2 female detainees by Marikina City policemen, lamenting that "even in times of crisis, women and girls are at risk of and are victims of different forms of gender-based violence." Read more »

2 pulis-Marikina, nanghalay umano ng 2 detainee

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 01 12:23 AM

Dalawang tauhan ng Marikina City Police ang inaresto Lunes matapos mang-molestiya umano ng dalawang babaeng preso sa police office mismo. Read more »