A human rights group Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) appeals to President Benigno Simeon Aquino III for the immediate release of an ailing 63-year old political prisoner. “We strongly appeal to President Aquino to immediately release Tatay Umbrero on humanitarian grounds for his illness to be promptly and properly addressed,” TFDP said in a statement.
Mariano Umbrero is a political prisoner at the national penitentiary New Bilibid Prison (NBP) and was also a victim of human rights violations during the Marcos regime. He was recently diagnosed with lung cancer.