New law gives some hope to kin of victims of enforced disappearance

New law gives some hope to kin of victims of enforced disappearance

The new law, the first of its kind in Asia, imposes a punishment of life imprisonment on those directly involved in the crime of enforced disappearance as well as on superior officers who order or are otherwise implicated in a disappearance.

By RONALYN V. OLEA
Bulatlat.com

MANILA – “It’s a small relief,” Belith Batralo, whose brother Cesar has been missing, said of the enactment of a law criminalizing the practice of enforced disappearance.

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