Group slams Quiboloy's campaign video from detention

A human rights group, SELDA, has criticized Apollo Quiboloy's recorded campaign message aired at a PDP-Laban rally, calling it a "clear display of double standards in the treatment of detainees."

Quiboloy, who is facing charges of human trafficking and child abuse, was permitted to record the video after securing a court approval.

SELDA vice chairman Danilo dela Fuente questioned why Quiboloy was allowed to record a campaign video while others are subjected to strict jail rules.

Dela Fuente also criticized the strict rules for poor detainees and political prisoners compared to the special treatment given to moneyed, powerful, and influential people like Quiboloy.

He cited the revocation of visitation rights for political prisoners in 2015 after they wrote to Pope Francis about poor jail conditions.

Dela Fuente also noted that high-profile detainees like Quiboloy and former general Jovito Palparan have been allowed media interviews while in detention.