Andrea Rosal holds her dead baby Diona Andrea at the Philippine General Hospital.
The daughter of the late Communist Party of the Philippines spokesman Gregorio “Ka Roger” Rosal has sought the help of Pope Francis, who is visiting the country in January, for her release from detention.
“I appeal for your help. I believe you can do something for my release … I wish you consider my plea,” the Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto, an organization of former political prisoners, quoted Andrea Rosal as saying in a letter to the Pope.
The then seven-month pregnant Andrea was arrested in March this year and was detained at the Taguig City Jail where she said she endured conditions that she blamed for the death of her baby two days after he gave birth in May.
“My innocent child bore the effects of the trumped-up charges against me. My detention is unjust. I am not guilty of the charges against me even as I continue to suffer the loss of my child,” she said in her letter.
Accused of being a communist rebel like her parents, Andrea has called the charges “trumped up” and said she was arrested “by affiliation.”
When she sought court permission to attend her daughter’s burial, she was refused and given only three hours to attend the wake out of “compassionate justice.”
SELDA national coordinator Jigs Clamor noted the “irony” of the court’s reason for allowing Andrea to visit her child’s wake: “While criminals, plunderers and human rights violators who are in jail continue to enjoy the life they had outside detention, the political prisoners suffer under inhuman jail conditions.”
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/101867/ka-rogers-daughter-seeks-popes-help-for-freedom
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