Once Sentenced to Death, Mary Jane Veloso Receives Pardon in the Philippines

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Fri, 25 September 2026peak 2 reports on Fri, 25 September 2026Mon, 28 September 2026

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25 Sept, 04:57over 3 days28 Sept, 09:35

Fri, 25 September 2026
2 reports
- Index.hr (Croatia)04:57first to report
  Filipinka izbjegla smrtnu kaznu zbog droge. Sad ju je predsjednik pomilovao
  FILIPINSKI predsjednik Ferdinand Marcos Jr. pomilovao je Mary Jane Veloso, koja je 2010. u Indoneziji osuđena na smrt zbog krijumčarenja droge, a na Filipine je vraćena krajem 2024. godine.
- NYT World14:22
  Once Sentenced to Death, Mary Jane Veloso Receives Pardon in the Philippines
  Mary Jane Veloso was convicted of drug smuggling and nearly killed by a firing squad in Indonesia. On Friday, more than a decade later, she was pardoned in the Philippines.
Mon, 28 September 2026
1 report
- South China Morning Post09:35
  How Mary Jane Veloso’s case exposes gaps in Filipino migrant protection
  Migrant rights advocates have hailed the release of Filipino trafficking victim Mary Jane Veloso after 16 years in detention as a victorious milestone, but warn that her case exposes the dangers that still confront many vulnerable workers overseas. After coming harrowingly close to being executed years ago in Indonesia, Veloso walked free on Friday night from the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong City, grateful for the absolute pardon granted by Philippine President Ferdinand...