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A COURT has dismissed the two remaining charges against eight activists, four years after their arrest for holding a protest against the Anti-Terrorism Bill at the University of the Philippines’s campus in Cebu City. The Municipal Trial Court in Cities Branch 9 of Cebu City dismissed charges are violation of Section 13 of Batas Pambansa 880 , and simple resistance and disobedience to an agent of a person in authority.
Branch 9 Judge Amy Rose Soler-Rellin’s decision came after she granted the consolidated demurrer to the prosecution’s evidence, citing insufficient evidence to sustain the charges.Jaime Paglinawan, Joahanna Veloso, Janry Diocson Ubal, Bernie Cañedo Jr., Al Osiris Ingking, Clement Corominas Jr., April Dyan Gumanao and Nar Athena Mae C. Porlas. They were arrested on June 5, 2020, during a rally called “Black Friday Protest” along Gorordo Ave.
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