Tag: Anti-Terrorism Act 2020
Philippines leads Asia in deaths of environmental defenders
MANILA (LiCAS News): The Philippines is the deadliest country for environmental defenders in Asia, according…
Don’t weaponise law against critics Filipino bishop warns
MANILA (UCAN): “What we were against is the weaponisation of the law against government critics…
Rural Missionary Sisters hit back at terror charges
MANILA (UCAN): “We have raised this in many instances. We are not the enemy of…
Filipino religious sisters deplore worsening repression
MANILA (UCAN): The religious sisters from the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines [RMP] issued a…
Philippine nuns red-tagged and accused of financing terrorism
MANILA (UCAN): A criminal case was filed on August 15 by the Justice Department of…
Philippine anti-terrorism law a threat to human rights
MANILA (UCAN): The Philippine Supreme Court struck down a “killer caveat” in the controversial anti-terrorism…
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How did activist become a dirty word?
Edita Tronqued-Burgos “I’m just an activist!” my son Jonas Burgos shouted over and over as…
