Jailed activist lays daughter to rest

A mother’s love: Nasino sprinkling holy water on River’s coffin during funeral rites in Manila, while a photograph of River (inset) is placed beside her coffin before she is buried. — AP/Reuters

Jailed activist Reina Mae Nasino wanted to hold her three-month-old daughter for the last time before she was laid to rest but she could not.

Heavily armed prison officials guarding her refused to uncuff her despite pleas from her family and human rights supporters, who have decried what they described as inhumane treatment of Nasino and other mothers in Philippine jails.