Congress, DOJ Asked to Probe BuCor's Permanent Ban vs Kapatid Spox

Kapatid spokesperson banned in BuCor prisons

The Bureau of Corrections has barred the spokesperson for the political prisoners’ support group Kapatid from entering prisons under BuCor’s jurisdiction due to alleged protocol violations.

Congress, DOJ asked to probe BuCor's permanent ban vs Kapatid spox

MANILA, Philippines–Fides Lim, spokesperson for rights group Kapatid, on Monday called on Congress and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the permanent ban that the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) imposed on her. “I am not a criminal. I am a human rights advocate, the wife of a political prisoner, and a citizen exercising my constitutional right to speak, to question, and to act—as anyone should when confronted with cruel and degrading…

Kapatid spox banned from entering CIW due to alleged repeated violations —BuCor

The Bureau of Corrections defended the banning of Fides Lim, spokesperson of political prisoner group Kapatid, from entering the CIW, saying it did so due to repeated violations and unruly behavior.

BuCor gets flak for banning aid to political prisoners

By Pajo AlbanoBulatlat.com MANILA – R/ights group Kapatid is calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate what it describes as politically motivated harassment after Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) officials banned spokesperson Fides Lim from visiting the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW). Lim was prohibited from delivering food to 25-year-old political prisoner Rona Degoso on May 25, despite being allowed to visit her just a m…