THE Court of Appeals has granted the request of Filipino-American activist Melissa Roxas for a writ of protection from any form of harassment from the police and military.
But the court rejected Roxas’ claim that top Defense, police and military brass had a hand in her abduction and torture last year. Roxas said she was in Bulacan when she was abducted and taken to an unknown place by people she claimed to be military men.
The Court’s Special Division through Associate Justice Noel Tijam also ordered the military to protect Roxas while in the country and not to distribute in public any documents or records pertaining to her alleged ties with the Communist party.
Roxas’ request to inspect her alleged detention cells was denied by the court.
Roxas had named Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro and police and military officials as respondents in her petition for a writ of amparo and habeas data.
In its ruling, the court dismissed the claim of the military that the abduction of Roxas was stage-managed and that her injuries were self-inflicted.
The CA added that based on the police and medical reports, Roxas was not only actually abducted, but was also tortured.
But the court ruled that Teodoro and the military-police leadership could not be held liable for her unfounded claim that the military authored her abduction and torture. –Rey E. Requejo, Manila Standard Today
March –
IT’S WOMEN’S MONTH!
“Respect and support women
every day of the year/s!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands
#Report Corruption #SearchPosts #TakePicturesVideos
Monthly Observances:
Women’s Role in History Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Environmental Week;
Women’s Week
Week 3: Philippine Industry and “
Made-in-the-Philippines Products Week
Last Week: Protection and Gender-Fair Treatment
of the Girl Child Week
Daily Observances:
March 8: Women’s Rights and
International Peace Day;
National Women’s Day
March 4: Employee Appreciation Day
March 15: World Consumer Rights Day
March 18: Global Recycling Day
March 21: International Day for the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination
March 23: International Day for the Right to the Truth
Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations
and for the Dignity of Victims
March 25: International Day of Remembrance of the
Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 27: Earth Hour
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