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Release - NUJP Davao Chapter
June 3, 2008
Davao media stage protest in front of Dapecol to press for the release of Adonis
Members of the Davao media held a protest today right in front of the
Davao Prisons and Penal Farm, formerly known as Davao Penal Colony (Dapecol)
where Davao broadcaster Alexander Adonis is still detained in spite of
an order from the court to release him on bail.
The protesting journalists, numbering about 30, went on a convoy dubbed as "Caravan for Press Freedom" which left Freedom Park along Roxas Boulevard in Davao City at 8:30 am and arrived at Dapecol in Davao del Norte, at about past ten in the morning.
At the gates of Dapecol, they unfurled a streamer that called for the decriminalization of libel and the release of Adonis.
It will be recalled that on May 26, Jail Warden Venancio Tesoro refused the release of Adonis even after journalists presented him an order from Judge George Omelio of the Regional Trial Court 14, that specifically directed him to release Adonis after posting a P5000 bail.
Journalists led by National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) and the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) Davao Chapters contested the continued detention of Adonis citing it as "illegal."
They also considered Tesoro's action as "an affront to the justice system."