Anti-terrorism Bill Archives

UN expert expresses concern on anti-terror bill

"The advancement of broad, vague and overly abrasive definition and legislation relating to terrorism can have the opposite of the intended effect which is that by silencing voices, by cracking down on civil society, by weakening the due process and protections offered by the criminal justice system that doesn’t strengthen the States by rather weakening the due process protections offered by the criminal justice system -- that doesn’t strengthen the States but rather weakens it in the long run.”

Anne Marxze Umil | Jun 27, 2020

Cops take down PUP students’ #JunkTerrorBill banner

The group said the police's action is clearly a direct attack on people's right to expression and assembly, which the group said, what the anti-terror bill seeks to do. By AARON MACARAEG AND REIN TARINAY Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Six policemen removed and confiscated...

Anne Marxze Umil | Jun 20, 2020

Women’s group defends Benedictine nun vs red-baiting

"Is this is the kind of government we will give power to in the implementation of an Anti-Terror Law?"

Janess Ann J. Ellao | Jun 19, 2020

Arrest of Iligan youth ‘baseless’– groups

The students were subjected to abuse and intimidation, with one student choked by an officer in plainclothes while he was trying to explain. One student was also labelled as a “recruiter for the New Peoples’ Army.”

Justin Umali | Jun 15, 2020

Balik-Tanaw | Trinity Sunday: A Reflection on the Trinity, the Great Commission … and the Anti-Terrorism Bill

COVID-19 has revealed the deep roots of systemic injustice and reminds us why seeking justice, pursuing peace is essential. We have seen thousands of cases of extra-judicial killings, of arrests, of the intensification of attacks and threats against community leaders, human rights defenders, and political dissenters. Living out our faith in Jesus is more than ever important when laws like the Anti-Terrorism Bill of 2020 are enacted. The current Human Security Act of 2007 which will replace it is problematic enough

Bulatlat Contributors | Jun 7, 2020

Anti-terrorism campaigns worldwide lack human rights grounding – UN expert

UN Special Rapporteur on the protection and promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms Fionnuala Ní Aoláin said in her report that most policies countering terrorism worldwide directly contributes to human rights violations. By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL...

Anne Marxze Umil | Mar 10, 2020

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Dee Ayroso | Mar 8, 2020

Everyone’s a Suspect

The Anti-Terrorism Bill, which the Macapagal-Arroyo administration is pushing for with support from the U.S., has been criticized by several sectors – including media groups – for containing a definition of “terrorism” so broad it may include even legal protest...

Ronalyn V. Olea | Jan 8, 2006

‘People’s Calvary’ along the Railways

BY JEWELYN MARANAN Contributed to Bulatlat.com Christ’s passion has for years been compared to the present conditions of the Filipino people who have perpetually been under the burden of social ills. This comparison has developed the tradition of Kalbaryo ng Bayan...

Marya Salamat | Apr 29, 2006

Injustice Amid Subservience

The chances that justice will come for the 22-year-old Filipina who has accused six US soldiers of raping her last November 1 inside the former US base in Subic, Olongapo City is no better than previous cases of rape and even homicide that were lodged against...

Bulatlat Contributors | Nov 19, 2005

Journalists, Artists Denounce GMA’s Statement vs Media

Journalists and artists have recently issued statements denouncing President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s call for media to “focus on winners, not losers.” BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com Journalists denounced President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s...

Alexander Martin Remollino | Nov 19, 2005

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