MANILA, Philippines — The Senate minority bloc on Friday joined calls for the release of activist Amanda Echanis and her baby from detention for humanitarian reasons.
Echanis was arrested in the early hours of Wednesday morning in Baggao, Cagayan for illegal possession of firearms and explosives. She was taken into custody with her son.
“We call on the authorities to release Amanda Echanis and her baby for humanitarian reasons ASAP,” said Minority Leader Franklin Drilon and senators Leila de Lima, Risa Hontiveros, and Francis Pangilinan in a joint statement.
“Jail is not a place for a mother and her one-month-old boy she is nursing,” they added.
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