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  • Philippines
  • July 24, 2020 , 09:50am

Police house-to-house visit alarms human rights defenders

Police house-to-house visit alarms human rights defenders

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Bulatlat.com

MANILA – Interior Secretary Eduardo Año’s pronouncement that the police will go house to house to search for COVID-19 asymptomatic patients does not sit well with human rights defenders.

Año said on Tuesday that patients who have mild symptoms or asymptomatic should not be on home quarantine if they do not have their own room, own bathroom and if they have house members who are vulnerable to the virus such as pregnant and senior citizens. Such patients would be transferred to government isolation facilities, he said.

The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) frowned at the idea, saying “arming law enforcers with another tool to sow fear in our communities and trample on our rights–with a draconian Terror Law in the horizon–is worrying and disturbing.”

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