MANILA, Philippines — Two of the six trade union organizers, among the dubbed “Human Rights Day 7,” ran to the Supreme Court to seek their release, alleging infirmities in the search warrant and violations of human rights in their arrest. They asked the SC to thereafter order the respondent police officers to release the two activists without undue delay. READ: Arrests mar commemoration of International Human Rights DayNUPL president Edre Olalia confirmed to Philstar.com that the petitions were filed on Friday morning. “Thereafter, the armed men entered all the three bedrooms as the second floor of the house to search,” the petition read. These periods were ample time to “plant false evidence,” that were seized during the second search with barangay representatives.

Source: Philippine Star December 18, 2020 04:52 UTC