Terror bill critics defy quarantine, storm in Independence Day 'mañanita' Kalayaan2020
LOOK: Protesters brought food and roses to what they call a “mañanita” at UP Diliman campus while observing physical distancing. | via @KvnAlbxooo #Kalayaan2020 pic.twitter.com/2TEgudou3SMANILA — Hundreds of protesters on Independence Day defied downpour from Tropical Depression Butchoy and a ban on mass gatherings to urge President Rodrigo Duterte to scrap an anti-terrorism bill that critics said could spawn rights abuses.
LOOK: Panoramic shot of the “mañanita” crowd at the UP Diliman campus as the program ends. #Kalayaan2020 | via @KvnAlbxooo pic.twitter.com/CFx4qzZXNq 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY.' Today's mañanita wouldn't be complete without performance artist Mae Paner, who's dressed as NCRPO Chief Debold Sinas, blowing of birthday candles with the Voltes V cake. @ABSCBNNews pic.twitter.
Details of what constitute terrorism under the bill have worried human rights lawyers, who noted how the new definition “swivels” from “its effects upon the people toward its effect upon the government.”
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