Ang deklarasyon ng ibang bansa sa isang entity bilang "terorista" ay hindi bahagi ng mga kinakailangan ng Pilipinas para italaga ang mga grupo bilang "terorista" sa ilalim ng Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) ng 2020.
In countries like the Philippines, Indonesia, India and other parts of the world, the COVID-19 pandemic and the campaign against terrorism are being used to curtail political dissent and violate human rights, a practice that must stop, according to United Nations Special Rapporteur on peaceful assembly and association Clement Voule.
Lawyers and petitioners questioning the constitutionality of the anti-terrorism law urged the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday, March 9, to help stop the continuing attacks on their colleagues and activists by, among others, issuing a temporary restraining order on the enforcement of the anti-terrorism law.
Sa pag-usbong ng mga talakayan at ng tuluyang pagpapatupad ngayong taon ng Republic Act No. 11479 o Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), sunud-sunod na mga personalidad ang pinintahan sa iisang kulay: Pula.
In the wake of discussions and the eventual enactment this year of Republic Act No. 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), Filipinos saw a wave of personalities being painted in one color: Red.
Sa kanyang pahayag sa publiko noong Nob. 30, sinabi ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na wala siyang ginagawang “red-tagging" ng mga maka-kaliwang grupo na Makabayan, Gabriela, at Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) nang akusahan niya ang mga ito bilang mga “legal front" at "mga miyembro" ng Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), ng New People's Army (NPA), ang armadong pangkat nito, at ng National Democratic Front (NDF), ang pampulitikang grupo nito.
In his Nov. 30 public address, President Rodrigo Duterte said he was not “red-tagging” the left-wing groups Makabayan, Gabriela, and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) when he accused them of being “legal fronts” and “members” of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), of the New People’s Army (NPA), its military arm, and of the National Democratic Front (NDF), its political arm.
Binigyang-katuwiran ng aktor na si Robin Padilla, isang lantad na tagasuporta ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, ang kontrobersyal na Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 sa pamamagitan ng pagpapahiwatig na ang matinding pagsabog ng daungan na sumira sa kabisera ng Lebanon na Beirut ay gawa ng terorismo.
The Lebanese government has yet to establish what exactly caused the explosion of at least 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrates stored in the Port of Beirut.
The recently enacted anti-terrorism law emasculates the independence of the judiciary; therefore it must be struck down.
