THE father of a young activist from Quezon province has asked the Supreme Court to order the military to release his daughter, who has been detained without criminal charges.

In a petition for habeas corpus, Arnulfo R. Pacalda said his daughter was being deprived of liberty because she had been barred from leaving the military camp.

“In the process, she is being subjected to interrogation without assistance of a competent counsel of her own choice,” according to a copy of the petition. “Her illegal detention resulted in continuous and blatant violation of her constitutional rights.”

Mr. Pacalda said he daughter was a volunteer for a local peasant organization in the province. She was arrested without a warrant on Sept. 14 and soldiers took turns interrogating her without a lawyer. — Vann Marlo M. Villegas

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