Rappler Talk: The Long Road to Justice for the 'Mabinay 6'

Rappler Talk: The long road to justice for the 'Mabinay 6'

A regional court in Dumaguete on Monday, September 22, did what should have been obvious from the start: it acquitted six young activists, the so-called “Mabinay 6,” of charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives after more than seven years of incarceration.  Arrested in Mabinay, Negros Oriental, in 2018 and branded as communist rebels, they endured the humiliation by a state eager to punish dissent rather than seek truth.  But the …

Court acquits ‘Mabinay 6’ after 7 years

• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. After seven years behind bars, the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 42 in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, acquitted the