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Detained activist Reina Mae Nasino on Wednesday sued more than 20 police officers and prison officials for torture for their alleged “cruelty” towards her and her son, who died at three months old.
Nasino filed criminal and administrative complaints against the heads of the Bureau of Penitentiary and Penitentiary Management (BJMP), the Manila Police District (MPD), the Manila City Prison Women’s Dormitory (MCJFD), and various police officers. police and jail before the Office of the Ombudsman.
The detainee accused the director of the BJMP, Allan Iral, the chief police brigadier of the MPD, Rolando Miranda, the officer in charge of the MCJFD, Ignacia Monteron, and their officers of mental or psychological torture of a detainee, mistreatment of prisoners and serious abuse of authority, among other charges. .
Nasino, who is in jail for alleged illegal possession of firearms and explosives, gave birth to a girl named River in July. Despite her appeal to stay with the girl for a year so she could breastfeed, a court ordered that she be separated from her daughter weeks after giving birth.
River was hospitalized after the separation. He died of pneumonia in October.
Nasino was initially allowed a three-day leave to attend the boy’s funeral and wake, but it ended with just six hours after Monteron, the director, told the court that the city jail is understaffed to escort the detainee.
But Nasino would be jealously guarded by dozens of policemen and police, some with high-powered firearms, during the wake and burial. She was handcuffed for most of the leave.
The witnesses affirmed that the agents “kidnapped and seized” the facts, destroying their solemnity.
“The burial, as well as the wake, of my three-month-old deceased baby became a complete police operation,” Nasino said in the complaint.
She said that on the day of the funeral, the hearse carrying her son sped up, leaving the mourners behind, and that police officers “roughly” carried the coffin to the burial site even though they weren’t authorized to touch it. .
“Even though my case is still being tried in court, I feel like I have already been found guilty and punished accordingly,” Nasino said.
“For those surveyed, it was not enough that I suffered the terrible loss of my son and that my family was disrespected in their grief. They had to publicly oppress me during my son’s funeral and burial and violate, at the same time, the basic rights of our supporters, “he added.
Nasino further claimed that she was not allowed to express her breast milk inside the jail after she and River were separated. For this reason, he accused Iral and Monteron of violating the law to promote breastfeeding.
“In total, all respondents, and possibly their respective superiors such as Secretary Year, Generals Cascolan and General Sinas, must answer for their unimaginable behavior and incredible conduct, which is not only illegal but a disgrace to morals, norms and humanity itself, “Nasino said.
“This is not just justice for me and my son, but justice for all human beings,” he added.
Nasino’s lawyers previously asked the Supreme Court to remove the Manila judge who had ordered her separation from her son. –KBK, GMA News
