DU30’S EJK: ’Terror bill’ critics terrorized – Mocha Uson na naman
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’Terror bill’ critics terrorized
Hundreds of socmed accounts attacked; DOJ, PNP step in
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra
Hundreds of Facebook users who reported their accounts cloned on Sunday said they had signed an online petition against the new anti-terrorism bill approved by Congress a few days ago, and a number of them said they received threatening messages from those accounts
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Meanwhile, lawyers and lawyers’ groups like the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, National Lawyers Guild of the US, European Lawyers for World Human Rights and Democracy, American Association of Jurists and the Confederation of Lawyers in Asia and Pacific, have shown their support and solidarity with their Filipino colleagues against the bill.
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“Support from the worldwide legal community is also overwhelming. Within three days, we were able to gather the support of eminent law professors and practitioners from the US, UK, Italy, Belgium, Puerto Rico, Turkey, South Africa, Portugal, Switzerland, and Canada,” NUPL spokesperson Josalee Deinla said.
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The Philippine National Police on Sunday assured the public that the anti-terror bill would not be abused once it becomes a law.
