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Missing students' kin slam Palparan's Bilibid interview

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Posted at Mar 31 04:59 PM

The mothers of Empeño and Capadan called the Palparan interview a "travesty of justice" and “a cheap, desperate attempt to vindicate criminals and rights violators.” Read more »

3 RAM members convicted for 1986 Olalia, Alay-ay murder

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 12 11:54 PM

An Antipolo court on Tuesday convicted 3 RAM members for their role in the 1986 killing of Rolando Olalia and Leonor Alay-ay, the NUPL said. Read more »

Legal assistance for cops, soldiers: Due process or preparing to face the music?

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 08:52 PM

Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Ferdinand Gaite said the move may be in anticipation of possible charges to be filed against erring cops and soldiers.   Read more »

Grupo ng negosyante tutol sa pagbabalik sa heightened GCQ ng NCR

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Posted at Jul 23 10:35 PM

Pumalag ang grupo ng mga negosyante sa paghihigpit ng quarantine classification at restrictions sa Kamaynilaan.  Read more »

Lawyers' group says Duterte arrest threat vs COVID-19 vaccine skeptics is 'baseless'

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Posted at Jun 22 01:01 PM

An organization of lawyers on Tuesday dismissed as "baseless" President Rodrigo Duterte's threat of arresting those who refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine.   Read more »

Lawyers’ group rues Duterte order to keep files on some drug-war cases off-limits

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Posted at Jun 02 09:16 AM

A lawyers' group Wednesday said it was "unfortunate" that police had to keep files on drug-war related cases off-limits after Duterte's order citing confidentiality. Read more »

CJ Peralta urged: Revise rules on search warrants; stop killings, red-tagging, abuses

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 23 01:01 AM

On his final week in office, Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta is urged by various lawyers and rights groups to revise the rules on search warrants and leave a legacy of stopping killings, red-tagging and other abuses supposedly committed by state forces. Read more »

PNP applied for 72 search warrants for ‘Bloody Sunday’ - SC official

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 16 08:43 PM

Of the 72 applications, 63 were filed before the regional trial court (RTC) of Manila and the other 9 were filed before the Antipolo regional trial court, according to a Mar. 12, 2021 report by Court Administrator Midas Marquez to Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta. Read more »

Mga manggagawa bigyang-konsiderasyon sa metro curfew: labor group

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 16 07:33 PM

Hiling ng isang labor group na intindihin imbes na hulihin ang mga manggagawa sa harap ng unified curfew.  Read more »

SC: PNP seeking from Calbayog RTC list of lawyers representing ‘communist-terrorist’ groups

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 12 07:48 PM

The police also attached a table, which included a "mode of neutralization," and the lawyer's affiliations, among others.  Read more »

Anti-Terror law petitioners, lawyers renew calls for SC to issue TRO after attack on lawyer

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 05 06:47 AM

MANILA — A brutal attack on an Iloilo-based lawyer who is among the counsel for petitioners against the Anti-Terrorism Act has led to renewed calls for the Supreme Court to issue a temporary restraining order against the new law and take a more proactive stance on attacks against lawyers. Read more »

NUPL official stabbed in the head in Iloilo City

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Posted at Mar 04 12:32 AM

MANILA - An official of the National Union of People's Lawyers was seriously wounded after he was stabbed in the head in Iloilo City Wednesday night. Read more »

ALAMIN: Kasaysayan, nilalaman ng 1989 UP-DND accord

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 19 09:48 PM

Ang pagdukot sa isang estudyante ng University of the Philippines noong 1989 ang nagtulak sa kasunduang UP at DND.  Read more »

Independent int'l probe on alleged human rights violations in PH launched

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 17 02:58 PM

MANILA - A group of peoples' and civil society organizations on Thursday launched an independent international probe into the human rights situation in the Philippines.? Read more »

Tiamzons sentenced to up to 40 yrs in prison for soldier's abduction

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 27 07:06 PM

A Quezon City court has convicted National Democratic Front (NDF) consultants Benito Tiamzon and Wilma Austria Tiamzon of kidnapping and serious illegal detention over an abduction of a soldier in 1988. Read more »

2 Aetas facing terror charges suffered 'horrendous torture': NUPL

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 20 06:46 PM

Two male Aetas who were the first to be charged under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) allegedly suffered “horrendous torture” while under military custody, a lawyer’s group said Friday, while the military said the "rehashed" charges have been disproven. Read more »

2 Aetas facing terrorism test case under new law

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 12:10 AM

Two arrested male Aetas alleged to be New People’s Army rebels are about to become test cases for the implementation of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). Read more »

Lawyers' group flags ‘alarming’ provisions in implementing rules of anti-terror law

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 20 04:23 PM

A lawyer’s group on Tuesday sounded alarm that “alarming” provisions were snuck in the newly released implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). Read more »

Anti-terror law IRR introduce new provisions limiting warrantless arrests, terror-tag delisting

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 19 01:56 PM

Warrantless arrests under the country's new anti-terror law will be limited to those allowed under existing rules and will be based on probable cause, not mere suspicion, according to the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) released last week by the Department of Justice. Read more »

Jail warden asks to shorten 3-day furlough of detained activist to visit wake of dead baby

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 13 11:28 PM

Advocates and lawyers slam Manila City Jail warden for opposing furlough but warden insists, she merely seeks clarification on furlough order. Read more »