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PH court sets tentative date for Veloso testimony

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Posted at Oct 28 08:07 PM

MANILA - A Philippine court has set a tentative schedule for the deposition of Mary Jane Veloso, the Filipina convicted of drug trafficking in Indonesia. Read more »

Palace shuns possible raps against Duterte when he steps down

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 21 04:29 PM

Malacañang shunned Monday possible charges that President Rodrigo Duterte might face once he steps down from office in 2022. Read more »

Joint UN, international court probe on slays under Duterte administration sought

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 04:55 PM

MANILA - A lawyers’ group and relatives of victims of alleged extrajudicial killings in government's drug war have asked the International Criminal Court to run a parallel investigation with the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on murder and crimes against humanity charges against President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Lawyer, 2 others survive slay try in Capiz

Jennier Garcia, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 23 10:24 PM

SIGMA, Capiz - A member of the National Union of Peoples' Lawyers (NUPL) and her two companions survived an attack in Sigma town, Capiz Monday.   Read more »

No legal basis to re-arrest freed heinous crime convicts: NUPL

Michael Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 03:12 PM

There is no legal basis to consider fugitive and re-arrest freed heinous crime prisoners under a law that reduces an inmate’s sentence due to good conduct, the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers said Sunday. Read more »

NUPL: Sanchez not eligible for early release due to violations in prison

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Posted at Aug 23 06:10 PM

National Union of Peoples' Lawyers president Edre Olalia says convicted rapist and murderer Antonio Sanchez is not eligible for early release because of his numerous violations in prison. Read more »

Colmenares says DOJ summons on leftist personalities over 'missing activist' harassment

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 03:19 PM

The Philippine justice department summons former Bayan Muna Representative Neri Colmenares and members of other leftist groups over an allegedly missing activist. The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group of the Philippine National Police filed a complaint against the respondents accusing them of human trafficking, kidnapping, child abuse and other charges. Colmenares denies those claims, even calling these a form of harassment. Read more »

Lawyers' group appeals CA amparo dismissal to Supreme Court

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 07 07:59 AM

The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) has asked the Supreme Court to review the Court of Appeals’ dismissal of its plea for protection from alleged threats to its members’ lives, liberty and security supposedly by state security agents led by no less than President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Slain lawyer’s wife ‘disappointed’, as generals skip CA amparo hearing

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 02:54 AM

The wife of murdered lawyer Ben Ramos expressed disappointment over the absence of the 7 generals that the a lawyers' group impleaded in their plea for protection against state agents. Read more »

Human rights groups confident UN council will act on PH killings

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 10 08:02 PM

Human rights groups and defenders are confident the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will act on the rising number of alleged extrajudicial killings in the Philippines. Read more »

DOJ junks kidnap, serious illegal detention raps vs NUPL member

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Posted at Jun 28 02:53 PM

The Department of Justice on Friday dismissed kidnapping and serious illegal detention charges against a lawyer who has alleged ties with communist rebels. Read more »

PH, int'l lawyers hit threats, red-tagging of Filipino human rights lawyers' group

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Posted at Jun 07 02:27 PM

MANILA - More than a hundred lawyers from the Philippines and around the world on Thursday expressed "grave concern" over alleged attacks against human rights lawyers linked to the left.  Read more »

Cabinet men, generals named in NUPL amparo petition no-show at CA hearing

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 06 10:32 PM

Those named in the writ of amparo petition filed by lawyers’ group did not attend Thursday’s hearing at the Court of Appeals, prompting CA justices to require their presence in the next hearings scheduled in July. Read more »

SolGen asks SC to junk NUPL petition for writs of amparo, habeas data

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 09 06:43 PM

The Office of the Solicitor General has asked the Supreme Court to junk the petition for writs of amparo and habeas data filed by the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL), claiming the petition is nothing but a “frantic and desperate cry for undue attention.” Read more »

Mga naglabas ng 'Oust Duterte matrix,' balak kasuhan

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Updated as of May 08 03:47 AM

Pinag-iisipan na ng ilang idinadawit sa 'Oust Duterte Matrix' na magsampa ng kaso laban sa mga naglabas ng nasabing matrix, kabilang na ang ilang opisyal ng gobyerno. Read more »

Palace: Alejano's quit call over ouster matrix is 'undeserving of response'

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Posted at May 05 12:42 PM

Malacañang on Sunday rejected Magdalo Party-list Rep. Gary Alejano's call for President Rodrigo Duterte and his spokesperson to step down from office over a matrix tagging journalists and lawyers in an alleged destabilization plot. Read more »

Supreme Court grants lawyers' bid for protection vs state forces

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Posted at May 03 07:18 PM

The Supreme Court has granted the request of a group of human rights lawyers for protection against alleged threats and intimidation from state security forces. Read more »

'Put up or shut up': NUPL twits Panelo, wants proof behind Oust-Duterte matrix

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 02 11:35 AM

It is "absolutely necessary" for Malacañang to prove the veracity of an "Oust-Duterte" matrix it revealed to reporters last week, contrary to the claim of the presidential spokesperson, the leader of a lawyers' group named therein said Thursday. Read more »

No need for Duterte to prove ouster matrix - Malacañang

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 02 01:06 PM

It is unnecessary for President Rodrigo Duterte to prove a matrix linking journalists and lawyers to a supposed plot to oust him, Malacañang said Wednesday. Read more »

Legal luminaries hit 'oust-Duterte' matrix tagging NUPL

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Updated as of Apr 29 05:50 PM

Legal luminaries slammed Monday a government matrix linking the National Union of Peoples' Lawyers and some lawyers to an alleged plot to unseat President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »