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CEBU CITY, Philippines — Activists and human rights lawyers during the Martial Law regime have joined among the voices condemning the denial of the renewal of the franchise of the Kapamilya network. Retired Judge Meinrado Paredes and…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—Democracy advocates appealed to the youth to stand up against “a looming dictatorship” as the 47th anniversary of the declaration of martial law by the late president Ferdinand Marcos comes this Saturday, September 21, 2019.…
Illegal and dangerous. This was the warning posed by veteran Cebuano lawyer Democrito Barcenas on President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to create “death squads” to counter the sparrow units of insurgents. “Neither the law nor the Constitution allows…
WHILE a local human rights advocate criticizes the reinstatement of Supt. Marvin Marcos, a congressman who is a former police official fears that the reinstatement will set a bad precedent in the Philippine National Police (PNP). Lawyer…
Call made after region’s human rights body decided to stop tracking down these cases Continue monitoring cases of alleged extrajudicial killings. This is the plea of human rights lawyer Democrito Barcenas to the Commission on Human Rights…
THIS is a revision of history. When a dictator who was ousted by People Power will be buried in the Libingan ng mga Bayani, we are made a laughing stock in the entire world. Only in the…
Supreme Court decision triggers waves of anger, dissent The hammer has fallen on the decades-old issue of whether or not Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos can be buried a hero at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB). In…
LAWYER Democrito Barcenas, chairman of the Free Legal Assistance Group in Central Visayas (FLAG-7), told Cebu Daily News that he will help form a group following the call of Vice President Leni Robredo to look into the…
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