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“If you have this coalition, you have a list of people who are there and can arm themselves. I will order the police. If you… 07/09/2021
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At Ground Level
Arming civilians as ‘force multipliers’
ICC probe on ‘drug war’ must be pursued
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It was only a preliminary examination. It essentially focused on documented complaints and information received from various sources – including from families of victims –… 06/25/2021
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Positive steps to address extrajudicial killings
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Fourteen years ago, alarmed by the mounting incidences of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in the country under the Gloria M. Arroyo administration, the Supreme… 04/09/2021
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SC pressed to protect people’s rights, freedoms
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Amid the national outrage and international concern raised over the March 7 “Bloody Sunday” killing of nine activists in the Southern Tagalog region, urgent calls… 03/26/2021
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Closer scrutiny of human rights in the Philippines
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The United Nations wouldn’t just let matters stay as they have been for so long. And, within and outside the UN, there are converging demands… 09/25/2020
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What makes a rebel different from a terrorist
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The new Anti-Terrorism Act, which takes effect tomorrow, July 19, is being challenged before the Supreme Court by eight petitions so far filed by different… 07/24/2020
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‘Weaponizing the law, criminalizing dissent’
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Two luminaries of the legal profession have attached their names to a statement issued on November 27 by the Concerned Lawyers for Civil Liberties strongly… 12/06/2019
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A second look into Negros Oriental killings
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By Satur Ocampo PhilStar.com In 2015, on the fifth year of the P-Noy administration’s counterinsurgency program (Oplan Bayanihan), the Armed Forces of the Philippines declared… 08/23/2019
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Militant partylist bloc retains niche in House
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As I write this piece, the Comelec has yet to complete the canvassing and announce the official results of the senatorial and partylist elections in… 05/24/2019
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Is martial law extension constitutionally justified?
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Upon President Duterte’s behest, the Senate and the House in joint session last Wednesday voted to again extend martial law and suspend the privilege of… 12/21/2018
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