‘Longest-held political prisoner’ now home

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ICYMI: Juanito Itaas, said to be the “longest-held political prisoner” in the country, has finally been sent home after 32 years in jail.

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“We commend the decision of the court and we hope this will presage more releases of political prisoners who are foisted with trumped-up charges in retaliation for their activism or to make them the fall guy to take the blame for NPA operations,” Kapatid spokesperson Fides Lim said in a statement on Saturday.

Itaas was arrested on Aug. 27, 1989, as the suspect in the killing of Col. James Rowe of the US Army in Quezon City.ADVERTISEMENT

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