By D. L. MONDELO
For Beth, it was a long, long journey to Oslo, literally and figuratively. The road to peace, she says however, is even longer, more difficult to traverse and full of potholes.
“I Don’t Owe My Freedom to Arroyo”
“My continued detention shows that the Government of the Republic of the Philippines is not serious in lifting the suspension of the Jasig. There is political pressure to keep me in jail. But they are no match against the mass movement who spared no effort in their support,” Principe said. 
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Principe Finally Freed from Camp Crame Jail
Military Blocks Release of Political Prisoner
Elizabeth Principe being processed for released by a PNP custodial officer. (Photo by Raymund B. Villanueva / bulatlat.com) With daughter Lorena Santos (left), Principe walks out of Camp Crame. (Photo by Raymund B. Villanueva / bulatlat.com) Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza was at Camp Crame to welcome the newly released Principe. (Photo by Raymund B. Villanueva…
Relatives and friends of Elizabeth Principe, the political prisoner released this afternoon from Camp Crame, held a protest rally in front of the police headquarters to demand Principe’s freedom. In picture if Evangeline Hernandez, secretary-general of Hustisya!, a group of families of victims of human-rights abuses. (Photos by Ronalyn V. Olea / bulatlat.com) Lorena Santos,…
Elizabeth Principe’s release followed a protest by supporters today in front of Camp Crame, the headquarters of the Philippine National Police, and after Principe held a brief hunger strike to denounce the military’s attempt to prevent her from being freed despite a court order dismissing all charges against her.
Marie Hilao Enriquez, secretary-general of Karapatan, told Bulatlat that the military refused to release Elizabeth Principe’s clearance papers. “This is already a case of illegal detention since the court has already ordered her release,” Enriquez said. Principe was supposed to be freed Monday night.
“How can we claim to be under a democracy when a political prisoner continues to languish in jail even as all the trumped-up charges filed against her have already been dismissed?”
Human rights advocates staged a protest in front of the Department of Justice (DOJ) against the continuing detention of Elizabeth Principle, a consultant of the National Democratic Front (NDF) for the peace negotiations with the government. Members of the Society of Ex-Detainees for Liberation, against Detention and for Amnesty and Health Action for Human Rights…
Detained National Democratic Front consultant Elizabeth Prinsipe is heartened after an Ilocos regional trial court judge dismissed the rebellion charges against her and ordered her release. It’s one down, three more pending cases to go, for Prinsipe. BY ROD TAJON HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur (347 kms. north…
The Ilocos Sur Provincial Prosecutor’s Office has dismissed the rebellion charges filed in Candon City, last July, against National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant Elizabeth Principe. BY ROD TAJON, JR. Northern Dispatch HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Posted by Bulatlat CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur ( 347 kms. north of Manila)– The Ilocos Sur Provincial…