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For the families left behind, the years that followed have been marked by grief, frustration, and a continuing fight for accountability.
“These soldiers accused, forced into silence and attempted to detail at will through fabricated evidence and rehearsed witnesses packaged as rebel returnees. And now, they can walk away unaccountable because the state calls it ‘procedure.’”
It has been more than three years. Yet, justice remains elusive for the victims and survivors of the series of police operations that left nine Southern Tagalog-based activists and unionists dead and others arrested over trumped-up charges.
A Calamba court granted Nimfa Lanzanas’ demurrer to evidence over the alleged violation of illegal possession of firearms, explosives, and ammunition.
"Nimfa thinks nothing of her own sicknesses like hypertension, anemia and rhinitis just so she can be of help whenever she is needed even if it means walking for kilometers to visit political prisoners. When did it become a crime to help people in need?”
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