Humanitarian aid team mulls filing charges against Cagayan police
“Let us hold accountable those in power who disregard due process and violate the right to life."
Humanitarian aid team mulls filing charges against Cagayan police
POSTS FOR "Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020"
Petitioners appeal SC decision on Anti-Terror Act
Petitioners appeal SC decision on Anti-Terror Act
Antonio La Viña, counsel for indigenous peoples, said the ATA, if not declared as unconstitutional, has deadly consequences. He cited the case of Chad Booc, volunteer teacher for Lumad schools and a petitioner against the ATA. He said that Booc, whom he knew personally, was constantly targeted by state forces, tagged as a member of “a terrorist group” until he was killed.
Why presidentiables’ stand on terror law is an election issue
Why presidentiables’ stand on terror law is an election issue
"The views of candidates on the ATA [Anti-Terror Act] are relevant in weighing their standpoint on human rights and democracy - with the ATA considered by petitioners at the Supreme Court as a law that can be most dangerously used to silence political dissent."
A year into terror law, ‘meager’ assets of rights defenders frozen
A year into terror law, ‘meager’ assets of rights defenders frozen
Critics of the anti-terror law have long assailed that it will be used to silence dissent. A year on, progressives said the law has left bank accounts of non-profit organizations and political prisoners frozen on allegations that they are financing or supporting terrorism.
Can SC magistrates ‘seek the right balance’? A second look at the highlights of the oral arguments on the PH terror law
Can SC magistrates ‘seek the right balance’? A second look at the highlights of the oral arguments on the PH terror law
Will it be enough to straighten out its vagueness and overbreadth, as argued by petitioners? Or should the high court’s magistrates strike it down due to vagueness and overbreadth that can bring more harm than the evils it promises to destroy?
ATC list is proof why Anti-Terror Law should be struck down – peace consultants
ATC list is proof why Anti-Terror Law should be struck down – peace consultants
"ATC's terrorist designation is just another nefarious device concocted by those who reckon they can and must go around or against the Constitution and the rules of law, fair play and common decency to silence those who speak and clamor for change.”
Pushback slows down red-tagging spree
Pushback slows down red-tagging spree
It seems that time is up for reckoning on the crude, arrogant and irresponsible red-tagging campaign, waged mainly by the military and police at the behest of the National Task Force to End the Local Communist Armed Confict or NTF-ELCAC. Created and nominally...
Ex-VP Binay, Saguisag, other lawyers ask high court to junk ‘terror law’
Ex-VP Binay, Saguisag, other lawyers ask high court to junk ‘terror law’
“The Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 fails miserably to protect and preserve the guarantees of human rights and civil liberties enshrined in the Constitution and therefore must be struck down.”
Military’s plan to regulate social media tantamount to censorship, rights groups say
Military’s plan to regulate social media tantamount to censorship, rights groups say
“They have repeatedly weaponized social media to proliferate blatant and dangerous fabrications against activists and critics through red-tagging, or when local officials post violent ‘shoot-to-kill’ threats against the public — violent threats hewn directly from...
Anti-terror law alarms a wide range of groups
Anti-terror law alarms a wide range of groups
As of last Thursday, at least 16 petitions had already been filed before the Supreme Court, asking it to strike down the new Anti-Terrorism Act (RA 11479) – either in its entirety or several of its provisions assailed for their “vagueness” and...
Why is Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 worse than Martial Law?
Why is Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 worse than Martial Law?
Forty-four leaders of various organizations appealed to the high court to declare the law unconstitutional, for it “insidiously encroaches upon fundamental and constitutional rights, such arbitrary deprivation of the right to life, liberty and property and the non-observance of the right to due process and to presumption of innocence.”
‘Terror law is a bad law’ — petitioners
‘Terror law is a bad law’ — petitioners
“The law serves as the trigger for a hand that has long been poised to shoot. Verily, the prosecution and escalated persecution of activists, dissenters, and even ordinary citizens who dare harbor opinions contrary to the government line are not questions of ‘if,’...
What makes a rebel different from a terrorist
What makes a rebel different from a terrorist
The new Anti-Terrorism Act, which takes effect tomorrow, July 19, is being challenged before the Supreme Court by eight petitions so far filed by different groups. It should open an interesting debate, involving not just the activists and the political commentators...
Groups urge SC to nullify anti-terror law
Groups urge SC to nullify anti-terror law
“Given the vast and greater powers bestowed under the law, it will have a wide-ranging effects of violating existing constitutionally-guaranteed rights of our people, thus, the issuance of a ?shield against injustice, a temporary restraining order, against its...
International community urged to continue monitoring human rights in PH
International community urged to continue monitoring human rights in PH
They appealed to the member-States of the United Nations Human Rights Council to adopt and endorse High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s report, including recommendations for continuous monitoring and independent and impartial investigation of the...
‘The fight is not over’ | Groups vow to challenge ‘Terror Law’
‘The fight is not over’ | Groups vow to challenge ‘Terror Law’
Despite gaining broad opposition, Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said President Duterte still signed it into law as "his time is running short and opposition to his fascist rule is growing stronger by the day that he now desperately needs the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 to conduct his all-out crackdown on dissent."
We will fight back a greater reign of terror
We will fight back a greater reign of terror
STATEMENT Just when we thought things could not get worse, Pesident Rodrigo Duterte signed today the “Anti-Terrorism Law of 2020,” a law that many legal pundits, human rights advocates, and no less than the United Nations Human Rights Council itself – gravely...
Anti-terror bill to legalize crackdown in the North
Anti-terror bill to legalize crackdown in the North
“With the fast-tracking of the bill, graver human rights violations among IPs and farmers are expected, especially for groups who are known for their valiant opposition of destructive projects like Chico River dams back in the ‘70s. For so long, Cordillera has been...
4 reasons why anti-terror bill should be junked
4 reasons why anti-terror bill should be junked
“Allowing this administration, the added leeway and greater authority that come with a newer, more oppressive anti-terrorism law would open the floodgates to graver forms of abuses. The dangers that come with the Anti-Terrorism Bill are all too real to be ignored, and we cannot and should not wait until the final nail in the coffin has been hammered down.”
What the anti-terror bill means to ordinary citizens
What the anti-terror bill means to ordinary citizens
Farmers, indigenous peoples and teachers have been tagged as terrorists and subjected to various forms of attack since Duterte assumed office. The Anti-Terror Bill, if enacted into law, would only escalate what they describe as “state terror” and would target ordinary citizens for merely exercising their constitutional rights.
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