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Dr. Aina Morales, a physician and community health advocate, is abducted at dawn by men in plain clothes who claim to be part of a City Public Safety Force acting under color of authority. She is detained in an undisclosed facility and kept incommunicado for 48 hours without charges or access to counsel or family. Her sister files a Petition for Writ of Amparo in the Court of Appeals, alleging that the detention violates Dr. Morales’s rights to life, liberty, and security guaranteed by the Constitution and that the respondents—the City Mayor and the head of the City Public Safety Force—committed grave abuse of discretion. The petition seeks provisional relief to secure immediate protection of her rights and to prevent further acts until due process is observed. (a) Identify the remedy invoked and the governing doctrine. (b) Distinguish the Writ of Amparo from the Writ of Habeas Corpus and the Writ of Habeas Data. (c) Apply the facts and determine whether the petition should be granted, and what provisional relief, if any, should be issued.