（ジュネーブ・パリ発　2月8日）

　SOSトーチャー国際事務局は、フィリピンにおける下記の状況に関して皆様の引き続きの働きかけをお願いします。

＜新情報＞

　SOSトーチャー国際事務局は、SOSトーチャーネットワークの一員であるフィリピン被拘禁者対策委員会（TFDP） より、嫌疑なしに現在も拘禁されているマリロウ・アリガトさんの健康悪化と彼女が世話をしている赤ん坊の懸念される状況について、情報を受けました。

　情報によれば、アリガトさんは今もオルモック市の準州刑務所に拘禁されています。彼女の房は、刑務所の入り口にあり、過密状態にある男性の房に隣接しており、休息をとることもできないそうです。妊娠中の彼女は医学検査を受け、おなかの中の子どもが呼吸困難にあると診断されました。

　さらに、州検察局のアラン・ヴィラ検事長は、アリガトさんをアナラサン軍曹殺害容疑で起訴するかどうかまだ決定を出していません。事件の目撃者によれば、軍曹の殺害に関わったのは2人の男性だけであったそうです。アリガトさんの弁護人ヌルジュ・フエゴさんは、この殺人事件の再調査を求めた申し立てを提出するかもしれませんが、彼女に対する嫌疑の不在と彼女の健康状態を考えれば、彼女の一時的な釈放を命じるよう裁判所にすぐにでも要請できるはずです。

　情報によれば、TFDPは、アリガトさんの代理で拷問の訴えを、タクロバン市のオンブズマンと人権委員会に提出しようとしています。

　国際事務局は、アリガトさんと胎児の健康について非常に懸念しています。そして、囚人の処遇に関する国連基準最低規則の23.1条「可能であれば、子どもの出産は施設の外で行えるように手配をすること」の準拠を想起します。

　国際事務局は、さらに、女性に対する暴力撤廃宣言によれば、国家は「国家によるものであれ私人によるものであれ、女性に対する暴力行為を防止、調査そして、国内法に沿って処罰さられるよう、適切な努力を行なわなければならない（第4.c条）」ことを想起します。

＜事件の概要＞

　情報によれば、2006年11月7日、マリロゥ・アリガトさんはレイテ市のカナンガでバスから降りたところ、突然、軍兵士の一団に捕らえられました。報告によれば、男性たちは、フィリピン国軍第19歩兵大隊の隊員であると名乗り、彼女を布で目隠しにしたまま、カナンガのアグィティン・バランガイにある軍本部に連れて行きました。

　そこで、彼女は身に覚えのない新人民軍（NPA）の同志の居場所を明らかにするよう強要され、虐待されたそうです。情報によれば、兵士の一人は彼女の頭をビニールのショッピング袋で覆い、首の廻りでくくりつけました。そしてホセナとタピアという名前の2人の兵士が彼女の脚を武器の端で殴りました。彼女はまた、ハモラウォンという名前の兵士に胸のあたりと頭を殴られ、その他の兵士たちに銃で背中を叩かれたそうです。

　情報によれば、アリガトさんは捕まった日の午後に起きた兵士カナガ・マークドの殺人に関与した容疑をかけられました。彼女は3日間軍に拘束された後、カナンガ市刑務所で警察監視のもと拘束されています。

＜行動要請＞

　フィリピン関係当局に次ぎの内容の要請をお願いします。

1．マリロゥ・アリガトさんの心身の安全を保障し、適切な医療を提供すること。

2．有効な嫌疑が不在の中、彼女の即時釈放を保障すること。もしそのような嫌疑が存在するならば、彼女を速やかで公正な裁判に付し、その間、彼女の手続き上の権利をすべて保障すること。

3．責任者すべてを特定し、裁判に付し、法にもとづき刑事あるいは行政処分を適用するために、申し立てられているアリガトさんの拷問について、迅速、綿密、公正な調査を実施すること。

4．さらには、国際法と国際基準に沿って、暴力を含む差別を受けない女性の権利の尊重を保障すること。

5．国内法と国際人権基準にしたがって、国内全土における人権尊重と基本的自由を保障すること。

＜要請先＞

大統領：Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
　　　 President, Republic of the Philippines
　　　 New Executive Bldg., Malaca?ang Palace Compound
　　　J. P. Laurel St. San Miguel
　　　 Manila, Philippines
　　　E-mail: opnet@ops.gov.ph, kgma@yahoogroups.com.

州検事：Atty. Teresita Lopez
　　　 Provincial Prosecutor, Provincial Prosecutor’s Office
　　　 Regional Trial Court, Tacloban City

フィリピン人権委員会地方事務局：
　　Atty. Paquito Nacino
　　Director, CHR Region VIII
　　 3^rd Flr, R. Yu Salazar Annex Bldg
　　 Salazar St., Tacloban City

国防大臣：Sec. Eduardo Ermita
　　　　 Department of National Defense
　　　　 Camp Aguinaldo, EDSA
　　　　 1110 Quezon City, Philippines
　　　　 E-mail: snd@dnd.gov.ph, sndermita@dnd.gov.ph

オンブズマン：Hon. Primo Miro
　　　　 Ombudsman of Visayas
　　　　 Department of Agriculture Compound, M. Velez St
　　　　 Cebu City
　　　　 Fax: 063 32 253 2976

国連大使：Ambassador Enrique A. Manalo
　　　　 Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations in Geneva
　　　　 Avenue Blanc 47, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
　　　　 Fax: +41 (0)22 716 19 32
　　　　 Email: mission.philippines@ties.itu.in

Case PHL 290107.1.VAW
Follow-up of Case PHL 290107.VAW
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Arbitrary arrest/ Torture/ Detention of a pregnant woman in conditions that amount to ill-treatment

Geneva, 8 February 2007.

The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) has received new information and requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in the Philippines.

New information:

The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP), a member of the OMCT network, about the deterioration of the health of Ms. Marilou Aligato, still detained without charges, and the worrisome condition of the baby she carries.

According to the information received, Ms. Aligato is still held in the Ormoc City Sub-Provincial Jail in a cell located next to an overcrowded men’s cell, at the jail entrance and with no possibilities to rest. She has gone through a medical expertise that concluded her foetus seemingly has difficulties in breathing.

Moreover, the Provincial Prosecutor, Fiscal Alan Villar at the Regional Trial Court, still hasn’t decided whether to charge Ms. Aligato with the murder of Sergeant Analasan. According to an eyewitness in this case, only two men were involved in the murder of the army member. In the absence of legal charges against Ms. Aligato as of yet and given her health condition, her counsel, Attorney Nurjue Juego, could request the court to order her provisional release while he is likely to file a motion requesting the reinvestigation of the murder case.

Finally, according to the information received, TFDP is about to file a torture complaint on behalf of Ms. Aligato before the Office of the Ombudsman and the Office of the Commission on Human Rights in Tacloban City.

OMCT is seriously concerned for Ms. Aligato’s health and her baby’s and recalls that in compliance with article 23.1 of the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, “Arrangements shall be made wherever practicable for children to be born in a hospital outside the institution.”

OMCT further recalls that according to the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women States shall “exercise due diligence to prevent, investigate and, in accordance with national legislation, punish acts of violence against women, whether those acts are perpetrated by the State or by private persons” (article 4.c).

Brief reminder of the situation:

According to the information received, on 7 November 2006, Ms. Marilou Aligato got off a bus at Kananga, Leyte, when suddenly a group of military men seized her. The men allegedly introduced themselves as troops of the 19th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army, covered her eyes with a piece of cloth and took her to the military headquarters at Barangay Aguitinh, Kananga.

There she was reportedly ill-treated while she was forced to reveal the whereabouts of her alleged companions of the New People’s Army (NPA). According to the information, one of the military men put a plastic bag over her head and tied it around her neck, and two other men identified as Hosena and Tapia hit her legs with weapons’ butts. She was also boxed in the chest by a man called Hamorawon and hit in the head and the back with guns by other soldiers.

According to the information received, Ms. Marilou Aligato was suspected of involvement in the killing of a soldier at Kananga Marked earlier that afternoon. She was kept in military custody for three days and sent to police custody at the Kananga Municipal Jail.

On 26 January 2007, Ms. Marilou Aligato was transferred to the Sub-Provincial Jail in Ormoc City, reportedly held in a small and crowded cell. According to the information received, Ms. Aligato nearly lost her child as a result of the torture inflicted on her and still at that time felt pain on her chest.

Requested action:

Please write to the authorities in the Philippines urging them to:

i. ensure Ms. Marilou Aligato’s physical and psychological integrity and provide her with adequate medical attention;

ii.  ensure her immediate release in the absence of valid legal charges, and if such charges exist, ensure that she is given a prompt and fair trial, in which her procedural rights are guaranteed at all times;

iii. carry out a prompt, thorough and impartial investigation into the alleged torture of Ms. Aligato, in order to identify all those responsible and to bring them to justice and apply the penal and/or administrative sanctions as provided by law;

iv. more generally, ensure women the right to be free from discrimination, including violence, in line with the international laws and standards;

v. guarantee the respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms throughout the country in accordance with national laws and international human rights standards.

Addresses:

• Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President, Republic of the Philippines, New Executive Bldg., Malaca?ang Palace Compound, J. P. Laurel St. San Miguel, Manila, Philippines. E-mail: opnet@ops.gov.ph, kgma@yahoogroups.com. Fax: (+63) 2 929 3968
  

• Atty. Teresita Lopez, Provincial Prosecutor, Provincial Prosecutor’s Office, Regional Trial Court, Tacloban City

• Atty. Paquito Nacino, Director, CHR Region VIII, 3rd Flr, R. Yu Salazar Annex Bldg, Salazar St., Tacloban City, Telefax: +63 53 321 3396

• Sec. Eduardo Ermita, Department of National Defense, Camp Aguinaldo, EDSA, 1110 Quezon City, Philippines, E-mail: snd@dnd.gov.ph, sndermita@dnd.gov.ph

• Hon. Primo Miro, Ombudsman of Visayas, Department of Agriculture Compound, M. Velez St. Cebu City, Tel: 063 32 2533195, Fax: 063 32 253 2976

• Sec. Raul Gonzales, Department of Justice, P. Faura, Ermita, 1004 Manila, Email: sechbp@info.com.ph

• Lt. Col. Lope C. Dagoy, Commanding Officer, 19th IB PA, 802nd Brigade, Barangay Aguiting, Kananga, Leyte

• Ambassador Enrique A. Manalo, Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations in Geneva, Avenue Blanc 47, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland, Fax: +41 (0)22 716 19 32, Email: mission.philippines@ties.itu.in

• Embassy of the Philippines in Brussels, Avenue Moliere / Molierelaan 297, 1050 Brussels, Belgium, Tel; +32 (0)2 340 33 77 / (0)2 340 33 78, Fax: +32 (0)2 345 64 25.

Please also write to the embassies of the Philippines in your respective country.

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Geneva, 8 February 2007.