Published naked pictures of prisoners during the inspection of Philippine prison has generated a wave of discontent on the part of the defenders and the subsequent prosecution of President Rodrigo Duterte in violation of the rights and freedoms of the individual. About it reports The South China Morning Post.
Inmates in the prison in the Cebu provincial woke at dawn, brought to the yard of the correctional institution and forced to strip naked for screening storage of drugs. At this time, the police and the military searched the camera.
Philippine Federal office of drug control issued a statement, which refers to multiple packages of methamphetamine and marijuana discovered in the search.
Human rights activists from Amnesty International condemned the police action and described the incident as “cruel, inhumane and degrading”. Their colleagues from Human Rights Watch drew the attention of the authorities in the Philippine laws that prohibit torture and ill-treatment of prisoners. According to the ILO, the examination in public and taking pictures of what is happening violates the right to private life.
The Governor of Cebu, in turn, noted that the staff held “technical expertise”. The liaison with the press Jethro Bacolod (Bacolod Jethro) said that the search is a standard procedure in the raids.
A prison in Cebu became famous in 2007 after a video posted on Youtube, where arestari dancing to popular hits.