“This series of attacks, bigoted and fantastic as they are, is not only disturbing but can be ominous of even worse things to come.”
Agcaoili slams false allegations against him, lawyers group
Tags: National Union of People’s Lawyers
Kin of ’Tokhang’ victims file raps vs. Duterte before ICC
“I don’t want others to suffer the same fate as that of my son.”
Lawyers hold rally vs Sereno ouster
“Our reason for being is put to question. We are being forced to relearn or unlearn what we studied or taught in law school. The Decision revolts against norms we hold dear.”
Chief Justice Sereno’s ‘forced leave’ exposes widening cracks in Judiciary – lawyers group
The NUPL stressed that in the end, the losing party in this fiasco is not the Chief Justice nor any Justice of the Court, nor the Court or the entire judicial system.
Crackdown intensifies | Trumped-up charges filed vs. progressive leaders
“The charges are pathetically not worth the paper they were written on.”
Crackdown on ‘legal fronts’ a threat to basic human rights – lawyers’ group
“Such reckless threats are legally questionable and worse, will erupt in even more vicious and wholesale violations and would also constrict whatever democratic breathing space there is left.”
‘Let her speak’ | Appellate court asked to reconsider decision barring Mary Jane’s testimony
The Honorable Court, the motion for reconsideration stipulated, “grossly ignored the extraordinary circumstance attendant in this case that puts Mary Jane Veloso under the exception instead of the general rule” in the strict application of criminal procedures in the Philippines.
‘Morong 43’ arrest, detention illegal — CHR
“This is a welcome development though it is five years late.”
Saving Mary Jane Veloso, making up for 5 years of govt neglect
“I should have noted every word and every promise they gave our family. All along, I really thought they were handling my sister’s case.”
Mary Jane Veloso’s lawyers to file petition for second judicial review
“In accordance with international and parallel local laws, (Veloso) must not be penalized for any alleged crime which was integral and in connection with such human trafficking scheme, and must instead be repatriated back to the Philippines.”
Mary Jane’s father, lawyers fly to Indonesia
“Attorney, please bring home my mother.”