Dead baby caught in tug of war between Duterte’s police, activist

Jailed Philippine activist Reina Mae Nasino wanted to hold her three-month-old daughter for the last time before she was laid to rest but she could not. Heavily armed prison officials guarding her during the funeral refused to uncuff her despite pleas from her family and human rights supporters, who have condemned the treatment of Nasino and other political prisoners and mothers in Philippine jails. “We were denied the chance to be together. I did not even see your laughter,” said the 23-year-old Nasino, who was seen crying in front of her daughter River’s tiny white coffin on Friday. A local court granted Nasino a three-day furlough to attend the wake and funeral of her daughter. Nasino, a member of the urban poverty group Kadamay was arrested in November 2019 with two others for the unlawful possession of firearms – charges she said were trumped up and part of a crackdown against left-leaning activists. style="width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; right: 0; left: 0;">