'This conviction does not in any way detract us from our assertion that the justice system in the Philippines is inhospitable to human rights prosecution,' Bayan Muna said. | GabrielLaluINQ
“This conviction does not in any way detract us from our assertion that the justice system in the Philippines is inhospitable to human rights prosecution. Thousands of families continue to wait for justice years after their loved ones were brutally executed in ex-president Duterte’s drug war,” Colmenares said.
“While it’s true that justice delayed is justice denied, we are still glad that the families of Arnaiz and Kulot received initial justice. It was mainly through public outrage and protest that the government was forced to prosecute this case,” he noted. In August 2017, the bodies of the two teenagers were found in different areas — Arnaiz in a funeral in Caloocan City, and de Guzman, in a creek in Nueva Ecija. Both hailed from Cainta, Rizal, and went out on the evening of August 18, 2017, just to buy snacks.Parents of Carl Arnaiz urge DOJ to quickly resolve murder case vs cops, cabbie
Perez was also previously convicted for violating Republic Act No. 9745 or the Anti-Torture Act of 2010 for the same incident, and was sentenced to serve a jail time of six months as a minimum up to four years and two months as a maximum in the case involving Arnaiz.
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