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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ng opisyal ng NTF-ELCAC na nagbigay ng ‘matapang na pahayag’ at ‘posisyon’ ang international community sa CPP-NPA nangangailangan ng konteksto

By vera files fact check | Sep 30, 2022 1:00 PM

Sinabi ni National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) Executive Director Emmanuel Salamat na ang international community ay “nakagawa na ng isang matapang na pahayag” at “posisyon” na nagdedeklara sa Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) at armadong grupo nito, ang New People’s Army (NPA), bilang isang teroristang grupo. Ito ay nangangailangan […]

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News

Lawyers, professors, media groups again contest ‘unconstitutional’ provisions of Anti-Terror Law

By Blanch Ancla | Mar 04, 2022 8:45 PM

Lawyers, professors, and journalists filed a motion for partial reconsideration anew before the Supreme Court (SC), praying that the magistrates strike down six provisions of the controversial Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020 for “being repugnant to the Constitution and the Philippines’ obligations under International Law.”

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Commentary

The Desaparecidos; Disappeared but not forgotten

By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Aug 30, 2020 7:03 PM

Families of desaparecidos marked the International Day of the Disappeared August 30 with deeper concern and sadness as the list has become longer in the last four years of the Duterte Administration.

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Named Enemies, hidden targets: The Precursors to the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020

By Miguel Paolo P. Reyes and Joel F. Ariate Jr. | Aug 16, 2020 7:44 AM

On July 3, 2020, President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law Republic Act (RA) 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020. The measure he certified as urgent before Congress took effect on July 22. It is a long time coming, but the acts it fosters have long been part of an undercurrent of corrupt and repressive practices that drive state agents to go after their enemies with impunity. It is an achievement of those who have dreamt of a draconian internal security act even right after the 1986 Edsa Revolution.

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