Families of missing activists file petition for habeas corpus

MANILA, Philippines --- The families of missing activists Gene Roz Jamil "Bazoo" de Jesus and Dexter Capuyan filed two separate petitions for a writ of habeas corpus at the Court of Appeals on Wednesday. A writ of habeas corpus is a remedy that orders a government official or agency to present in court a person suspected of being illegally detained. In the case of the two activists, who have been reported missing since April 28, the petitioners are asking the Court of Appeals to direct its order to the three officials --- Gen. Andres Centino, chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP); Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP); and Brig. Ge...

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