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| Philippine leader orders release of children |
| By Earth Times |
| Published: 07/25/2007 |
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MANILA, PHILLIPINES - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has ordered the Department of Justice to work for the immediate release of hundreds of children still in jails in the country contrary to a law enacted last year, a government statement said Wednesday. The order covers inmates in facilities of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and the Bureau of Corrections, who were 15 years old and below at the time they committed the crime for which they are imprisoned. The government statement said Arroyo issued the order after learning that hundreds of children were still in detention despite the enactment of the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act, which she signed into law in April last year. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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