Ocampo lawyers ready for Supreme Court oral arguments

Lawyers for detained Bayan Muna Rep. Satur C. Ocampo are prepared to
appear before the Supreme Court tomorrow at 1:00 pm at the tribunal’s
session hall at Padre Faura, Manila for oral arguments on the
lawmaker’s petition for certiorari seeking to trash the arrest warrant
and murder charge leveled against him.

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Aussie Senator Denounces Killings, Satur Arrest

Below is the speech of a Australian Senator delivered before the Federal Parliament that criticizes the arrest and detention of Bayan Muna Rep. Satur C. Ocampo. The lawmaker is demanding an explanation from the Australian foreign ministry on the situation in the Philippines, and the case of Ocampo and unresolved political killings.

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The Kidnapping of Satur Ocampo


In the Dead of Night. The government’s (man)handling of Satur Ocampo has turned the leftist congressman into a cause celebre. (Left photo by Dabet Castaneda/bulatlat.com; right photo by Kenneth Guda/pinoyweekly.org)

The Arroyo government’s handling of the case of Bayan Muna congressman Satur Ocampo has backfired. That’s according to the many commentary and opinion pieces that have been written since Ocampo was arrested, shoved into a van and then into a Leyte-bound plane while Filipinos were asleep.

Who is Satur Ocampo and why is the Arroyo regime hellbent on throwing him behind bars?

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