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Inquirer.net - Oct 12, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — Former political prisoners and Indigenous Peoples rights defenders on Monday filed a motion for reconsideration before the Office of the Ombudsman over the complaints of alleged illegal arrest and detention, among others, that they filed against five police officers. According to complainants Indigenous Peoples’ rights advocate Niezel Velasco and Manobo activist Julieta Gomez, they were allegedly

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