'Doktor, hindi terorista!' Community doctor Naty Castro has been serving marginalized and vulnerable people in Mindanao, particularly Lumads.
The physician was tagged by the ATC as a “terrorist” for her alleged “active and continuous role” in attaining the objectives of theATC said the activities include “actual participation in armed atrocities of the NPA in community-based areas influenced by the NPA.”
due to the “denial of her substantive right to due process” and “lack of jurisdiction over the person of the accused.”said that the court ruling was reversed and Castro was ordered re-arrested. “Si Dr. Naty ay isa sa maraming aktibista na lumalaban para sa mga karapatan ng mga katutubo at kumilos para pangalagaan ang mga katutubo at ang kanilang mga komunidad para muling tuklasin ang kanilang mga karapatan,” PMSA PLM said.called ATC’s initiative a “witch-hunt” and questioned the latter’s designation since it was “arbitrary.”
The group also condemned the ATC for tagging community-based health programs as CPP-NPA/NDF-linked organizations, saying that such initiatives “have been active in providing much-needed health services in the cities and rural areas,” predating the primary health care declaration of the Alma Ata Conference in 1978.also said that “red-tagging health workers” is a “disservice” to the country in response to Castro’s designation.
“Our health workers deserve recognition, not persecution, for their commitment to serving the welfare of our fellow Filipinos, especially those who are most in need,” it added., said that Castro’s “terrorist” designation is a “clear violation” of her right to due process. “Dr. Naty Castro’s ministries with the farmers and indigenous peoples of Mindanao have been responding to their needs and helping them to organize their communities towards their own welfare, their democratic participation in their own development, and the exercise of their right to self-determination,” it said.
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