Days after the acquittal of Good Shepherd Sr. Elenita Belardo and nine others in a perjury case, the Religious of the Good Shepherd of the Philippines-Japan issued a statement celebrating the acquittal.
A court in the Philippines cleared a Catholic missionary nun and several human rights activists of perjury charges that were filed by the country’s former
A court in the Philippine capital Manila acquitted 10 members of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines, including two nuns, from perjury charges Jan. 9.
The Makabayan bloc in Congress on Monday, January 9 expressed hope that the perjury charges filed against 10 human rights defenders would be dismissed.
In a statement, the group reiterated their belief that the filing of perjury cases against the human rights defenders is a clear act of retali
A Quezon City court cleared Monday 10 human rights activists of perjury as it scrapped the charge initiated by former National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. who accused them of lying when they sought protection from the Supreme Court.