š·: SPARK | FB
The Samahan ng Progresibong Kabataan (SPARK) staged an indignation rally at the Mandaluyong Police Headquarters in Maysilo Circle on February 26 to denounce the arrest of activist Three OdeƱa and Edel Parducho. The two were detained during the February 25 People Power anniversary protest in EDSA Ortigas.
SPARK said the charges against OdeƱa and Parducho were ātrumped-upā and intended to conceal police brutality by the Eastern Police District.
OdeƱa was reportedly documenting police attempts to block the youth contingentās march when she was shoved, pulled by the hair, and arrested.
Officers allegedly tried to seize her camera after she captured images of police dispersal tactics.
The group condemned the arrests as violations of freedom of expression and assembly, asserting that they reflect the persistence of authoritarian practices from the Marcos era to the present.
SPARK reiterated its demand for the immediate release of OdeƱa and Parducho and called for an independent investigation into the police units involved. (ZIA LUNA)
