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Gov't told to exhaust all remedies vs junking of Marcos forfeiture case

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 25 08:28 PM

After the Sandiganbayan dismissed another case against the Marcos family involving millions of ill-gotten wealth for insufficiency of evidence, veteran human rights lawyer Chel Diokno called on the government to revisit charges against the family. Read more »

FLAG lawyers tagged in sedition complaint seek halt of DOJ probe

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 01:09 PM

MANILA – Three Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) lawyers tagged in the sedition complaint against Vice President Leni Robredo and more than 30 other opposition figures have asked the Court of Appeals (CA) to stop the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) probe into the alleged ouster plot against President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Flawed justice system 'biggest stumbling block' to PH dev't: Diokno

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Updated as of Sep 12 09:57 AM

MANILA - The Philippines' flawed justice system is the "biggest stumbling block" to the country's development, human rights lawyer Chel Diokno said Thursday. Read more »

Human rights lawyer: Good conduct law's provisions 'confusing'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 09:13 AM

In this edition of #MattersofFact, a human rights lawyer calls on Congress to carefully review the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. Attorney Jose Manuel Diokno, chairman of the Free Legal Assistance Group says the provision that excludes heinous crime convicts from availing of the law is confusing because it can be found in the section talking about jail detainees. Diokno also says the law's implementing rules and regulations is not to blame for the confusion as the law itself is ambiguous. Read more »

'Gawa-gawa lang': Diokno says to fight 'absurd' sedition raps

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Updated as of Sep 12 09:29 AM

Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno on Thursday said he would fight the sedition and other complaints against him by the police, which he slammed as "ridiculous" and "absurd." Read more »

Otso Diretso bets move to disqualify OSG from DOJ sedition probe

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 03:43 PM

Three Otso Diretso senatorial candidates and a former Supreme Court spokesperson implicated in the sedition complaint against Vice President Leni Robredo and more than 30 others have asked the panel of prosecutors investigating the complaint to disqualify the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) from appearing in the probe. Read more »

De La Salle PH condemns criminal raps vs Luistro, Diokno

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Posted at Aug 02 08:47 PM

The heads of various units of De La Salle schools as well as the CEO of De La Salle Philippines on Friday condemned the criminal complaints filed against personalities aligned with the opposition. Read more »

Lawyers' group denounces raps against members

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 20 12:41 AM

MANILA - The Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) on Friday denounced the filing of criminal charges against its members Chel Diokno and Theodore Te, as well as opposition figures, saying the raps were "baseless and means of intimidation."   Read more »

2 Palawan fishers say Navy lawyer approached them to withdraw West PH Sea plea

Mike Navallo and Diana Lat, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 07:04 PM

PUERTO, PRINCESA/MANILA – Members of the Philippine Navy approached fishermen to execute statements disowning a petition filed before the Supreme Court seeking to protect marine resources in the West Philippine Sea, two of the fishers told ABS-CBN News.    Read more »

Chel Diokno unfazed by disbarment threat after clients disown West PH Sea plea

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Posted at Jul 16 03:39 PM

MANILA - Veteran human rights lawyer Chel Diokno on Tuesday brushed aside the threat of disbarment after his clients disowned a petition asking the government to protect the marine environment in the disputed West Philippine Sea. Read more »

IBP, Diokno ask SC for time to confer with West PH Sea writ of kalikasan petitioners

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Updated as of Jul 13 05:16 PM

MANILA - Lawyers from the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) and collaborating counsel Chel Diokno have asked the Supreme Court (SC) for more time to confer with their clients concerning a writ of kalikasan plea for the protection of the West Philippine Sea.    Read more »

PH must enforce many laws protecting marine resources, territory - Diokno

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Posted at Jul 12 07:52 PM

Diokno said he has yet to hear Philippine officials cite the existing local laws that protect the country's sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

Diokno believes gov't behind fishermen's withdrawal from writ of kalikasan petition

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Updated as of Jul 10 10:40 PM

Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno suspected the Duterte administration may have duly influenced a group of fishermen into disowning a petition that seeks to compel the government to enforce Philippine laws in its West Philippine Sea territories. Read more »

'Labag sa legal ethics': Lawyer sees gov't hand in fishermen's withdrawal of SC petition

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 10 06:19 PM

One of the lawyers who filed the petition asking the Supreme Court to compel Philippine government officials to enforce Philippine environmental laws to protect the West Philippine Sea claimed on Wednesday the government may be behind the fishermen’s move to disown the petition. Read more »

Chel Diokno says Duterte belittling Constitution invalidates his presidency

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Updated as of Jun 29 08:25 PM

Diokno was referring to Duterte's remarks that China would use the Constitution as "toilet paper" if Duterte uses it to defend the disputed West Philippine Sea. Read more »

Robredo, Carpio to address UP Diliman graduation rites

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Updated as of Jun 27 05:18 AM

This year, Vice President Robredo, Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales will be guest speakers at Diliman. Read more »

Diokno: FLAG rejected Advincula's case

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 12:23 AM

MANILA - Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) chair Chel Diokno on Thursday denied that his group was affiliated with Peter Joemel Advincula, who claimed that opposition members were plotting to oust President Rodrigo Duterte through a series of web videos. Read more »

Chel Diokno can be opposition standard bearer in 2022 - Gutoc

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 22 10:54 AM

Veteran rights lawyer Chel Diokno can "mobilize democracy forces" if he were to be the standard bearer of the opposition in the 2022 elections, his fellow losing senatorial candidate Samira Gutoc said Wednesday.  Read more »

More money and a little song and dance could've boosted Otso chances, says this veteran PR

Audrey Carpio
Updated as of May 16 01:18 PM

People aren’t looking for a solution, they’re looking for a distraction, says Alan German, persuasion expert and veteran kingmaker, PR of three Otso Diretso candidates. Also, he explains why Villar shot up to Number 1 and why Mar should take a break from running for office Read more »

After loss, Diokno asks supporters to ‘chelebrate’ start of battle

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 14 10:20 PM

Opposition senatorial candidate Chel Diokno was all smiles Tuesday evening after losing his first Senate bid, saying his failed foray into politics would not be his last public outing.   Read more »