PHILIPPINES: Torture victims speak out – “They tortured me, used me to get reward” Video interview 14 — Asian Human Rights Commission.

(Hong Kong, February 6, 2014) On January 14, the Court of Appeals (CA), Fifth Division, has concluded that Rolly Panesa, a 48-year-old security guard, could not possibly be Benjamin Mendoza, a leader of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), rejecting the claim of the police and soldiers as justification for his arrest.

In its press release, Karapatan, a local coalition of human rights groups, argued that the Court’s decision, “strengthens the anti-torture case he filed against his arresting officers and interrogators.” Panesa filed charges for violation of the Anti-Torture Act of 2009 against those who arrested and tortured him.

In its decision, the Court hearing Panesa’s petition for habeas corpus rejected the petition by the police and the soldiers asking the court to reconsider its decision in August 2013. The police and the military appealed to the court’s decision, so as to allow them to re-arrest Panesa.

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