“No one, save its proponents, is safe from the assailed law. Thus, the issues surrounding its validity are matters of public concern of which the public have the right to be informed.”
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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.”
Threats to the terrorist state
By DEE AYROSO
Espino wants warrantless arrest, reclusion perpetua for members of ‘terror’ groups
If this proposed law was passed, the government can start making warrantless arrest and detention 15 days after publication.
Another Jab at Civil Liberties
In late 2005 up to 2006 the Arroyo government tried to curtail the freedom of speech and assembly through the Calibrated Preemptive Response, silence the media through the issuance of guidelines by the PNP, and twist and bend its laws and legal procedures to run after its critics especially from the legal Left. It also…
Human Security Act: ‘Draconian, Fascist’
An interview with Atty. Edre Olalia The anti-terrorism law is draconian, anti-people, and is very dangerous. Another fundamental point is, it does not cover the acts of terrorism of the State itself which is the worst kind of terrorism. BY DR. RAINER WERNING THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VII,…
HSA an Unnecessary Law
Is the HSA really necessary in curbing what it defines as “terrorism”? A lawyer who represented petitioners against the said law before the High Tribunal views the HSA as not only unnecessary but also dangerous. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 27, August 12-18, 2007 Is the Human Security Act…