The petition was filed electronically. The full copy of the petition will be published after the lawyers physically file the petition at the Supreme Court on Monday, July 6. AntiTerrorLaw AntiTerrorBill Read:
“The group advocates a just and humane law that is for the benefit of all Filipinos. While threats to our national security need to be addressed, the law, as crafted, is oppressive and inconsistent with our constitution, hence, the petition. This fight against Terrorism should not and should never be a threat to the fundamental freedoms of all peaceful Filipinos,” read the statement posted on social media.
The petition states that the “effectivity and implementation of the Anti-Terrorism Act will materially and substantially prejudice basic constitutional rights and may result [in] the permanent contradiction of civil and political liberties.” The petition was filed electronically. The full copy of the petition will be published after the lawyers physically file the petition at the Supreme Court on Monday, July 6.
On Friday, President Rodrigo Duterte approved the anti-terror law that seeks to repeal the Human Security Act of 2007. The new law penalizes, among others, incitement of terrorism by “means of speeches, proclamations, writings, emblems, banners or other representations.”ADVERTISEMENT Progressive organizations and human rights groups denounced the passage of the anti-terror bill as they feared it might be prone to abuse, human rights violations, and silence critics.
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