BREAKING: Reina Mae’s baby has been brought to the PGH ICU for special care. Baby River has not left PGH since she was brought there last September 24. We appeal to the Court to allow Reina Mae to be with her baby who is struggling for survival. #FreeReinaMaeNasino#SetThemFree
KAPATID, the support group for families and friends of political prisoners, urgently presses the immediate release of 23-year-old political prisoner Reina Mae Nasino as her 3-month old child now struggles for survival in the Intensive Care Unit of the Philippine General Hospital.
River, Reina Mae’s 3-month old daughter who was born under prison conditions, has been brought to the Intensive Care Unit of the Philippine General Hospital. She has not left the hospital since she was brought there last September 24 after exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms.
River was first brought to the Manila Medical Center on the morning of September 24. That week, Reina Mae’s mother, Marites Asis, brought River to the hospital several times because of diarrhea and fever. It was later confirmed that the baby has pneumonia.
KAPATID appeals to the Court and prison authorities to allow Reina Mae to be with her baby who is in critical condition. There is nothing more heartbreaking for a mother than being separated from her child whose life is now at greatest risk.
As per latest information from the family of Reina Mae, River is not responding to antibiotics. The doctors said that Reina Mae should visit her baby now while she is still alive.
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A day before Reina Mae Nasino's filing of a motion with a Manila court, KAPATID reiterates there is no reason for the court to deny Reina Mae her right to be at the wake of River, her 3-month old daughter. #JusticeForBabyRiver#FreeReinaMaeNasino#FreePoliticalPrisonersPH
“The court should swiftly grant the grieving mother's appeal to visit her dead child and to be present until her baby is brought to her final resting place. For Reina Mae who barely had the chance to spend a...
...lot of time with her child, nothing will be more tragic than losing what could be her last chance to stay with her firstborn one last time,” said Fides Lim, KAPATID spokesperson.
After the tragic death of Reina Mae Nasino's 3-month old child, KAPATID pressed for her release to let her grieve the untimely demise of her firstborn and as a matter of justice as one of her counsels laid out the reasons why she does not deserve even a single day in prison.
“We appeal for the release of Reina Mae who lost her child without having the chance to see her alive for the last time. There is no reason for the courts to deny Reina Mae her right to visit the wake of her child and give her temporary freedom when it’s the least they can...
...do as an act of justice to redress the multiple injuries done to her, which include what could have been the preventable death of her child had a judge acted without bias,” said Fides Lim, the spokesperson of Kapatid.
KAPATID embraces Reina Mae in this moment of grief. River died at the ICU of PGH at 8:50 pm, October 9, more than two weeks since she was brought to the hospital after exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms. She died of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. #FreeReinaMaeNasino
There are no words to describe the anguish that Reina Mae is feeling now. She was denied of her right to take care of her child and to see her at the hospital while still alive and was struggling for a chance to survive.
We assert our call for the compassionate release of Reina Mae from prison to correct this blatant injustice done to her and her baby who was never given a chance to live. We ask the court and the government to allow Reina Mae to grieve with her family in this period in her life.