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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 »

Not robbery: Colleagues refute police finding on motive behind attack on Iloilo lawyer

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 09:42 PM

Colleagues of human rights and public interest lawyer Angelo Karlo Guillen on Thursday rejected a finding of Iloilo City Police that he was a robbery victim. Read more »

Pag-atake sa abogado ng NUPL, nakuhanan ng CCTV

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 08:09 PM

Sapul ng CCTV ang pag-atake sa secretary-general ng National Union of People’s Lawyer-Panay sa Iloilo City. Read more »

‘We won’t take this sitting down’: Rights groups, lawyers condemn stabbing of NUPL official

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 04:42 PM

Members of the National Union of People's Lawyers (NUPL) on Thursday cried foul over the stabbing attack of an officer in their chapter in Iloilo, and denied that the incident was due to robbery.  Read more »

NUPL official stabbed in the head in Iloilo City

ABS-CBN News
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 »

BALIKAN: Mga kontrobersiya sa kaso ng 2 Aeta na inakusahan ng terorismo

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 08:52 PM

Pormal nang bumitaw ang National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers sa paghawak ng kaso ng 2 Aeta na inaakusahan ng terorismo. Read more »

NUPL formally withdraws from terrorism case of 2 Aetas

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 04:13 AM

Bosantog, who is also the legal cluster spokesperson of the anti-insurgency task force, sees no conflict of interest in facilitating a presscon for two persons accused of the very same law they are trying to promote. Read more »

NUPL withdraws from terrorism case of 2 Aetas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 11 11:31 PM

The former lawyers of two men charged under the Philippines' Anti-Terror Law are considering legal action against agencies who supposedly influenced their clients into dropping their services. Read more »

Aetas accused of terrorism drop NUPL as legal counsel after Calida's claims

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 11 03:51 AM

The two Aetas accused of terrorism will be dropping the National Union of People's Lawyers (NUPL) as their legal counsel, claiming the lawyers' group was exacerbating the charges against them. Read more »

'Pasabog' ni Calida para makansela ang anti-terror law 'orals' napurnada

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 09 08:37 PM

Naunahan si Solicitor General Jose Calida sa planong ipakansela ang pagdinig sa Anti-Terror Act sa Supreme Court.  Read more »

Court junks case vs journalist, trade unionist; calls search warrants 'fishing expedition'

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 05 08:21 PM

MANILA — A Mandaluyong court has junked the illegal possession of firearms and explosives case against journalist Lady Ann Salem and trade unionist Rodrigo Esparago, who were arrested in a dawn raid on December 10, 2020, incidentally Human Rights Day.  Read more »

2 Aetas accused of terrorism, possession of subversive documents can't read or write: NUPL

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 03 10:41 AM

The two Aetas accused of terrorism and possession of subversive documents cannot read or write, the National Union of Peoples Lawyers (NUPL) said Wednesday. Read more »

2 'jailed, tortured' Aetas seek to intervene in petitions vs anti-terror law

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 02 04:35 PM

Just hours before the oral arguments on the Anti-Terrorism Act before the Supreme Court began Tuesday, two Aetas who have been charged with terrorism asked for the court's permission for them to intervene in the petitions challenging the new law.   Read more »

No Christmas reunion for families of 4 trade union organizers arrested on Human Rights Day despite posting bail

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 24 09:44 PM

Relatives and families of 4 trade union organizers arrested on Human Rights Day expressed disappointment Thursday after learning their much-awaited reunion on Christmas eve won’t be happening despite going to great lengths to raise the bail amount needed.   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 »

‘Red-tagged’ lawyers hit back, ask for dismissal of Esperon, Parlade, Badoy

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 06:59 PM

Lawyers who have been linked to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New Peoples’ Army (NPA) are pushing back and going after government officials making the allegations.   Read more »

PH gov't holds human rights summit amid allegations of rights violations, int'l pressure

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 07:21 PM

As various international and local human rights groups raise concerns over alleged human rights violations in the Philippines, the Philippine government, through the Department of Justice (DOJ), launched a three-day human rights summit on Monday at the Philippine International Convention Center. Read more »

Petitioners band together to urge SC to halt enforcement of anti-terror law

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 02:19 AM

Twenty-three groups of petitioners out of the 37 who petitioned against the Anti-Terrorism Act before the Supreme Court came together on Thursday to reiterate their plea for the high court to stop the implementation of the new law.   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 »