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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 13) – A local court allowed political detainee Queen Mae Nasino on Tuesday to attend the wake and burial of her three-month-old baby.
Section 47 of the Manila Regional Court of First Instance gave Nasino a continuous three-day license from Wednesday until Baby River’s burial on Friday.
The National Union of People’s Lawyers filed a very urgent motion with the Manila Regional Court of First Instance on Monday to allow Nasino’s temporary release so that he can properly mourn the death of his first-born son.
However, after the court granted the motion, the official in charge of the female dormitory at the Manila City Jail, J / Insp. Ignacia Monteron filed a request to shorten Nasino’s permit.
In a letter, Monteron cited the lack of jail staff on appeal to allow Nasino to be away for just one day, Wednesday, October 14, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., and attend the funeral at the Manila North Cemetery. on Friday.
Monteron noted that his unit only has 12 people in charge of 665 detainees. “We cannot compromise the safety and security of other PDLs who are still seeking our help,” he explained.
A hearing on the appeal is scheduled for Wednesday morning.
“It seems that the callousness and indifference of the prison authorities to the agony of a grieving mother seems to have no end,” Nasino’s councils said in response to the appeal from the Manila city jail.
“It can be remembered that it was Monteron who moved to hastily separate the baby from Nasino and denied his request to express breast milk and have access to lactation facilities at the prison, despite the clear mandate of laws recognizing the right to the mother and the child to breastfeed ”. they added.
They argued that staffing constraints could be “easily remedied,” but Nasino’s chance to see his son one last time cannot.
Baby River died on October 9 of pneumonia after being in the hospital for two weeks. Despite several calls for a meeting as her son’s health deteriorated, the 23-year-old activist was not allowed to see her son.
Nasino was separated from her baby on August 13, following a July 30 order from the Manila RTC saying that the prison is not a place for babies, especially as the country faces the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nasino and his two colleagues were arrested at Bagong Alyansang Makabayan or Bayan office on November 5, 2019, for alleged possession of weapons and explosives. Rights group Karapatan said the evidence was planted.
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