SAVE THE LIFE OF JAKATIA PAWA NOW!
Another life of an overseas Filipina is in peril. Another mother is languishing in a Kuwaiti jail, awaiting the final decision for a crime she did not commit. Once again, our urgent collective action is needed to save the life of a fellow Filipino and a fellow migrante worker.
Jakatia Pawa was sentenced to death on April 13, 2008 for allegedly killing the 22-year old daughter of her employer. The death sentence was upheld by the Kuwaiti Court of Cassation (Supreme Court) on January 19, 2010. The sentence will now be submitted to Kuwait’s Head of State, the Emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah. It is understood that the decision will be made within two to four weeks.
Jakatia Pawa, 33 years old and a mother of two children, is from Zamboanga Del Norte province in southern Philippines. Pawa left the Philippines to earn an honest living as a domestic helper in Kuwait. She has been working for the same employer for five years when the unfortunate crime happened.
The knife that was used in the crime did not have her fingerprints on it and there were no bloodstains of the victim on her dress or body that could link her to the killing. Throughout the whole investigation and judicial process, Pawa maintained that she was innocent. But our government’s failure to provide her a lawyer in the early stages of trial made an unfavorable verdict possible.
We strongly believe that this could be another case of the Philippine government’s criminal negligence. We believe that she is not the culprit but the victim of a sorry condition that forced her to work in a foreign land in order to provide a better future for her children. We also believe that she will not have ended up on death row had the Philippine government attended to her case sooner. Government must be held accountable and therefore must exhaust all measures to save her life.
She deserves nothing less than justice. All means must be exhausted so Jakatia Pawa can be reunited with her children and family.
We are appealing to the Amir of the State of Kuwait not to ratify the death sentence imposed on Jakatia Pawa. We are acknowledging that governments have the right to bring those who commit crimes to justice, but we also express our unconditional opposition to the death penalty as it ultimately violates the right to life!
Please send your appeals to:
His Highness Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al Jaber Al Sabah
al-Diwan al-Amiri, al-Safat, Kuwait
Fax: +965 2539 2163 or +965 2243 0559
E-mail: [email protected]
Salutation: Your Highness
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
February 18, 2010
February 15, 2010
I feel like I haven't slept in forever because the emails to the embassy keep bouncing back or just sitting in some void but I am not stopping. It is exhausting to think about her sitting there waiting for an answer while we scramble to get anyone in a position of power to actually listen to the evidence about those missing fingerprints.
Reached 100 supporters
February 4, 2010
February 2, 2010
We are climbing toward a hundred names and I really need this to happen before the momentum dies out because Jakatia is running out of time. Please look at your screen right now and find a way to get someone else on board because I know we can hit this mark if we just focus for ten minutes. It honestly feels like the walls are closing in on her and if we show them how many people care it might change the whole conversation.
15 Comments
Please save Jakatia Pawa from the gallows... I truly believe she's innocent. Who would go to different country to work & sacrifice to support a family and then commit a crime? Doesn't add up! God bless Jakatia Pawa.
Innocent people shouldn't be executed for crimes they didn't do. Stop this execution.
Please spare her life. She has kids waiting home. This is so unfair and my heart breaks for her family.
SAVE JAKATIA PAWA NOW!!! SHE IS NOT GUILTY!!!!
Wala man lang sapat na ebidensya tapos bitay agad? Napakabigat naman nito. Lord help her please.
Justice is about protecting the weak and the innocent. Do not let greed, power, and evil tarnish what true justice really mean.
Set her free she's innocent.
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SAVE THE LIFE OF JAKATIA PAWA NOW!
Another life of an overseas Filipina is in peril. Another mother is languishing in a Kuwaiti jail, awaiting the final decision for a crime she did not commit. Once again, our urgent collective action is needed to save the life of a fellow Filipino and a fellow migrante worker.
Jakatia Pawa was sentenced to death on April 13, 2008 for allegedly killing the 22-year old daughter of her employer. The death sentence was upheld by the Kuwaiti Court of Cassation (Supreme Court) on January 19, 2010. The sentence will now be submitted to Kuwait’s Head of State, the Emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah. It is understood that the decision will be made within two to four weeks.
Jakatia Pawa, 33 years old and a mother of two children, is from Zamboanga Del Norte province in southern Philippines. Pawa left the Philippines to earn an honest living as a domestic helper in Kuwait. She has been working for the same employer for five years when the unfortunate crime happened.
The knife that was used in the crime did not have her fingerprints on it and there were no bloodstains of the victim on her dress or body that could link her to the killing. Throughout the whole investigation and judicial process, Pawa maintained that she was innocent. But our government’s failure to provide her a lawyer in the early stages of trial made an unfavorable verdict possible.
We strongly believe that this could be another case of the Philippine government’s criminal negligence. We believe that she is not the culprit but the victim of a sorry condition that forced her to work in a foreign land in order to provide a better future for her children. We also believe that she will not have ended up on death row had the Philippine government attended to her case sooner. Government must be held accountable and therefore must exhaust all measures to save her life.
She deserves nothing less than justice. All means must be exhausted so Jakatia Pawa can be reunited with her children and family.
We are appealing to the Amir of the State of Kuwait not to ratify the death sentence imposed on Jakatia Pawa. We are acknowledging that governments have the right to bring those who commit crimes to justice, but we also express our unconditional opposition to the death penalty as it ultimately violates the right to life!
Please send your appeals to:
His Highness Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al Jaber Al Sabah
al-Diwan al-Amiri, al-Safat, Kuwait
Fax: +965 2539 2163 or +965 2243 0559
E-mail: [email protected]
Salutation: Your Highness
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
February 18, 2010
February 15, 2010
I feel like I haven't slept in forever because the emails to the embassy keep bouncing back or just sitting in some void but I am not stopping. It is exhausting to think about her sitting there waiting for an answer while we scramble to get anyone in a position of power to actually listen to the evidence about those missing fingerprints.
Reached 100 supporters
February 4, 2010
February 2, 2010
We are climbing toward a hundred names and I really need this to happen before the momentum dies out because Jakatia is running out of time. Please look at your screen right now and find a way to get someone else on board because I know we can hit this mark if we just focus for ten minutes. It honestly feels like the walls are closing in on her and if we show them how many people care it might change the whole conversation.
15 Comments
Isa din po akong ofw dto sa kuwait at nabasa ko ang kwento nya walang bahid ng finger prints nya ang kutsilyo na ginamit sa crime scene maging dugo sa kanyang kasuotan ng mangyari ang nasabing pagpatay sana po manaig ang katotohanan..sana makauwi pa syang buhay alang alang sa kanyang mga mahal sa buhay..maraming salamat po
Please save Jakatia Pawa from the gallows... I truly believe she's innocent. Who would go to different country to work & sacrifice to support a family and then commit a crime? Doesn't add up! God bless Jakatia Pawa.
Innocent people shouldn't be executed for crimes they didn't do. Stop this execution.
Please spare her life. She has kids waiting home. This is so unfair and my heart breaks for her family.
SAVE JAKATIA PAWA NOW!!! SHE IS NOT GUILTY!!!!
Wala man lang sapat na ebidensya tapos bitay agad? Napakabigat naman nito. Lord help her please.
Justice is about protecting the weak and the innocent. Do not let greed, power, and evil tarnish what true justice really mean.
Set her free she's innocent.
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Isa din po akong ofw dto sa kuwait at nabasa ko ang kwento nya walang bahid ng finger prints nya ang kutsilyo na ginamit sa crime scene maging dugo sa kanyang kasuotan ng mangyari ang nasabing pagpatay sana po manaig ang katotohanan..sana makauwi pa syang buhay alang alang sa kanyang mga mahal sa buhay..maraming salamat po