MANILA, Philippines--(UPDATE) Relatives of the 43 health workers on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to immediately order the release of the 43 health workers who were detained inside Camp Capinpin in Tanay, Rizal.

In a 15-page Very Urgent Petition for Habeas Corpus, relatives of the health workers led by Karapatan Deputy Secretary General Roneo Clamor, whose wife Dr. Merry Mia-Clamor is one of the 43 doctors taken by the military, asked the high court to immediately order the release of the 43 health workers.

The petitioners said that for three days, they were denied of their right to see their relatives. It was only on Monday, through the intervention of the Commission on Human Rights Chairperson Leila De Lima, were they allowed to visit their relatives for about 30 minutes.

Clamor said their relatives told them they were blindfolded and tortured and forced to admit that they are members of the communist party. He said some of the 43 were limping while others have bruise marks in their body.

In their petition, they told the Supreme Court that the military used a defective search warrant when it entered into the premises where the 43 health workers were undergoing community health training over the weekend.

The search warrant indicated the name of a certain Mario Condes as owner of the property to be searched. Condes is allegedly suspected of committing illegal possession of firearms. However, petitioners pointed that if the owner of the place to be searched is Condes, why did the military entered and search the premises owned by Dr. Melecia Velmonte.

They added that the search warrant was broad. It did not describe the specific place where the authorities should conduct the search. The search warrant only indicated "Brgy. Maybangcal, Morong Rizal."

Section 2, Article III of the 1987 Constitution provides that "the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures of whatever nature and for any purpose shall be inviolable and no search warrant or warrant of arrest shall issue except upon probable cause to be determined personally by the judge after examination under oath of affirmation of the complainant and the witnesses he may produce and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized."

They added that the search warrant was issued by a Cavite Court which is outside the jurisdiction of Rizal.