'For the last seven years, we've decided that we will fight for our . I would guess any parent would do the same, would feel the same. Because it's your child,' Carmina Castillo says as she recalls their seven-year battle for justice
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“I believed that they will be convicted based on the evidence we presented, based on the witnesses we presented,” Carmina told Rappler in an interview. “Yesterday, I was excited, anxious…. But deep inside, I had no doubts that I will achieve conviction, that we, the family, will achieve the conviction.”
“You always see them together. So of course, he lost his best friend, he felt something different. He felt grief. They were still young, 22 years old. He felt grief for losing his best friend died. That’s why he was very emotional,” Carmina said. For seven years, they sacrificed time, money, blood, sweat, and tears to seek justice for her son, Carmina told Rappler. They neglected their business because she and her husband chose to be a hundred percent involved in the case. They attended every hearing and took care of every evidence their side had presented before the judge, down to the last and tiniest document.“It’s all his way of telling us what happened to him…. I value every piece of paper because it’s the story of my son.
In response, UST law dean Nilo Divina said in a message that he sympathizes with the Castillo family, but disagrees with Carmina’s statement that the school failed to protect the freshman law student. The CHR said hazing is a “practice that is repulsive” to civilized society because it violates people’s rights to dignity. The commission said that although joining a group is a right, this freedom should not be exercised in “violation of human rights, such as the right to life, liberty and security, right against torture and inhumane treatment, and the right to live with dignity, among others.”.
However, the supposedly stricter law did not stop killings and young men continued to die due to hazing. The most recent death was recorded just this week after grade 11 studentDuterte, known for his close ties with the police and military, said this a year after the passage of the stricter anti-hazing law. This law passed after Dormitorio’s death.
“What remains is the strict implementation of the law by relevant government agencies and the proactive participation of school administrators and the community in monitoring and reporting these kinds of activity to ensure full protection of vulnerable children, students, and other individuals who may face the threats of such a harmful and violent practice,” the CHR chairperson told Rappler.
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