Trigger warning: state violence, torture, mention of rape, sexual violence MANILA — For 20 years, Erlinda Cadapan and Connie Empeño have been unable to sleep soundly and mourn properly because of their missing daughters Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan. The agonizing wait brought them not to a reunion but to a prison cell. They saw and stood face-to-face with the mastermind behind the abduction, Jovito Palparan Jr. “With courage, I asked him dir…
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