The court said the bail petition was approved because the prosecution failed to provide, at this point in the legal proceedings, strong evidence against the three political prisoners. READ:
“Wherefore, premises considered, for the failure of the prosecution to prove that the evidence of guilt against all accused are strong, the Joint Petition for Bail filed by all accused is hereby granted,” the court said.
Nasino was one of the several activists arrested during the search operations of various non-government organizations’ offices in 2019. When Nasino was nabbed for illegal possession of firearms and explosives, she did not know that she was already one month pregnant. She then gave birth to River last July. Her requests, either to be freed temporarily or to allow River to stay inside the Manila City Jail so that she could take care of her, were not granted by the court.
Nasino’s case then garnered attention after her camp tried to plead with the court to allow her to visit her sick child, who displayed COVID-19 symptoms. Hours before River died at the intensive care unit of the Philippine General Hospital, Nasino’s bid was not acted upon.Controversy followed the government’s treatment of Nasino during her daughter’s burial, which activist groups said was “hijacked” after police asked the hearse to move ahead and leave behind the mourners.
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