Cebu court orders release of 8 activists
Cebu court orders release of 8 activists
NUPL-Cebu said the arrest of the Cebu 8 bolsters the call for the junking of the anti-terror bill.
By Emily Vital
Bulatlat.com
MANILA–A Cebu local court ordered today, June 8, the release of eight activists, according to the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) Cebu.
Judge Jenelyn Villaceran Forrosuelo of the Cebu City Municiapl Trial Court in Cities Branch 4 issued the release order without requiring bail.
The eight were arrested June 5 while holding a protest against the anti-terror bill inside the UP Cebu campus. They are Jaime Paglinawan of Bayan-Central Visayas, Joahanna Veloso of National Unionf of Students of the Philippines, UP Diliman alumnus Al Ingking, Bern Cañedo of Youth against Tyranny-Cebu, Dyan Gumanao of Aninaw Productions and Kabataan Partylist, Janry Ubal of Food Not Bombs Cebu, and Clement Corominas.
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