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Seeking “the true compassion and mercy that any inconsolable mother in deep pain needs,” the political detainee Reina Mae Nasino asked a Manila court and the Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta to allow her to see her daughter “for the last time.” 3 months.
Jem River, who was separated by the court from her mother more than a month after she was born, died in a hospital last week after being admitted on September 24 with diarrhea and fever.
In a very urgent motion and manifestation filed in Section 37 of the Manila Regional Court of First Instance on Monday, the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers asked that Nasino be given “a decent and humane opportunity to be with his daughter at who could not comfort and endure while on the sickbed until his last hours …, and to properly mourn his tragic and premature death “.
On October 9, while Jem River was still fighting for his life in the intensive care unit at the Philippine General Hospital, Nasino’s attorney filed a very urgent motion for leave to allow him to visit his daughter. The baby, however, died later that night due to acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Nasino, 23, was among several activists arrested in 2019. The militant group Kapatid claimed she was arrested without a warrant, based on trumped-up charges while evidence was being laid. INQ
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