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Topic: Free-Legal-Assistance-Group

SC urged to hold preliminary conference on Anti-Terrorism law petitions by videoconference

SC urged to hold preliminary conference on Anti-Terrorism law petitions by videoconference

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 17 01:40 PM

A group of petitioners against the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) has urged the Supreme Court to hold the preliminary conference scheduled later this month through videoconference, citing current health restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

SC petitioners hit ‘fatally flawed’ IRR of anti-terror law in pushing for TRO

SC petitioners hit ‘fatally flawed’ IRR of anti-terror law in pushing for TRO

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 29 05:36 PM

MANILA - A group of petitioners against the anti-terror law led by veteran journalist Ma. Ceres Doyo, and senators Leila de Lima and Francis Pangilinan asked the Supreme Court Thursday yet again to act on their plea to stop the implementation of the law.   Read more »

Advocates launch app for rights, with advice on what to do when arrested

Advocates launch app for rights, with advice on what to do when arrested

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 12:13 AM

Press freedom and human rights advocates have released an app that informs citizens about their rights and what to do if they are getting arrested, detained or searched by state security forces.    Read more »

Ex-justices Carpio, Morales reject Estelito Mendoza’s 'expertise' in anti-terror law petitions

Ex-justices Carpio, Morales reject Estelito Mendoza’s 'expertise' in anti-terror law petitions

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 09:02 AM

Former Solicitor General Estelito Mendoza may have had a storied legal career but that’s not enough for former Supreme Court justices and other legal luminaries to qualify him as an amicus curiae or “friend of the court” in the petitions challenging the Anti-Terrorism Act. Read more »

'Repression in broad daylight': SC urged to issue TRO vs anti-terror law

'Repression in broad daylight': SC urged to issue TRO vs anti-terror law

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 12:13 PM

A group of senators, media practitioners and lawyers who filed a petition against the Anti-Terrorism Act has urged the Supreme Court to act on their plea for a temporary restraining order to stop the implementation of the new law. Read more »

'Terorismo ng estado': Magkasunod na pagpatay sa 2 peasant leaders kinondena

'Terorismo ng estado': Magkasunod na pagpatay sa 2 peasant leaders kinondena

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 09:01 PM

Kinondena ng iba't ibang progresibong grupo sa pamamagitan ng indignation rally nitong Miyerkoles ang sunod-sunod na pagkakapatay sa mga aktibista. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 23, 2020

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 23, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 11:54 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Questioning the Philippines' new anti-terror law

Questioning the Philippines' new anti-terror law

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 03:39 PM

Lawyers Erin Tañada, Chel Diokno, and Quezon City 6th district Representative Kit Belmonte pose for photos outside the Supreme Court before filing a petition against the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020, on Thursday. Read more »

Volunteers prep for people's initiative for ABS-CBN franchise

Volunteers prep for people's initiative for ABS-CBN franchise

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 05 03:46 PM

The people's initiative for ABS-CBN's franchise will be rolled out "gradually," a lawyer leading a group of volunteers said Sunday.   Read more »

House, SolGen, DOJ share blame for ABS-CBN shutdown – lawyers' group

House, SolGen, DOJ share blame for ABS-CBN shutdown – lawyers' group

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 05 10:42 PM

The Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) on Tuesday laid the blame on several government agencies for the shutdown of ABS-CBN's broadcast operations – a move it said undermines public interest as the country grapples with a national health emergency. Read more »

Supreme Court urged to study release of prisoners due to COVID-19 threat

Supreme Court urged to study release of prisoners due to COVID-19 threat

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 03:01 PM

MANILA – A group of human rights lawyers has asked the Supreme Court to convene an inter-agency coordinating body to look into requests for the release of qualified prisoners amid the threat of the spread of the coronavirus disease or COVID-19 in jails. Read more »

FLAG lawyers tagged in sedition complaint seek halt of DOJ probe

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 »

Lawyers' group files perjury, false testimony raps vs Bikoy, PNP

Lawyers' group files perjury, false testimony raps vs Bikoy, PNP

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 08 02:13 PM

Lawyers tagged in a sedition complaint filed counter-charges for perjury and offering false testimony against Peter Joemel Advincula alias and the PNP unit which filed the complaint. Read more »

Lawyers' group denounces raps against members

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 »

Grupo ng mga abogado duda sa ilang kaso ng drug ops

Grupo ng mga abogado duda sa ilang kaso ng drug ops

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 04 09:25 PM

Halos 30 kaso ng pagpatay sa ilalim ng kampanya kontra droga ng gobyerno ang pinag-aaralan ngayon ng Free Legal Assistance Group. Read more »

Initial 'Tokhang' files show 'template nanlaban' cases: lawyers' group

Initial 'Tokhang' files show 'template nanlaban' cases: lawyers' group

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 04 07:08 PM

MANILA - An initial review of "Oplan Tokhang" documents released by the Office of the Solicitor General showed that police used a "template" of "nanlaban" cases in majority of its reports, a group of lawyers said Thursday. Read more »

Facing arrest for 'loitering'? Know your rights

Facing arrest for 'loitering'? Know your rights

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 23 06:01 PM

Police have arrested around 8,000 individuals in just a week in operations against tambays (loiterers) who allegedly violated local ordinances. Read more »

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