Anti-Terrorism Act 2020 Archives

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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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FACT CHECK

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: 1972 MV Karagatan incident NOT sole reason for martial law declaration

By VERA Files | Jun 24, 2020 2:10 AM

It’s one of several reasons cited under Proclamation 1081.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Abu Sayyaf DID NOT thank actors, politicians fighting Anti-Terrorism Bill

By VERA Files | Jun 18, 2020 7:13 AM

The publisher maliciously presented a claim in a meme as fact.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Photo of June 12 protest MANIPULATED to show fewer people

By VERA Files | Jun 17, 2020 8:24 PM

Comparisons of the real and digitally manipulated image show telltale signs of fraud.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Old, FAKE quote card on Hontiveros ‘defending’ Maute group revived

By VERA Files | Jun 13, 2020 1:50 AM

This post is fake. Don’t believe it.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Photo ALTERED to show support for junking of Anti-Terror Bill

By VERA Files | Jun 10, 2020 1:28 AM

The image was from 2018.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: The Anti-Terrorism bill is NOT YET a law

By VERA Files | Jun 08, 2020 8:30 PM

It is yet to be transmitted to the Office of the President.

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Commentary Editor's Pick

The Anti-Terrorism Act 2020: Foreign Borrowings and Local Hacks

By Miguel Paolo P. Reyes, Joel F. Ariate Jr., and Elinor May K. Cruz | Jun 08, 2020 1:16 PM

The controversial anti-terrorism bill, certified as urgent legislation by President Rodrigo Duterte, bears no “draconian provisions” but is needed because the Philippines has “one of the most lenient” anti-terror laws in the world, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque claimed in his June 2 press briefing.

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