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CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Philip Zafra, the committee chairperson for peace and order, is urging law practitioners to report any threat to their lives. This amid the killing of human rights lawyer, Rex Fernandez,…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Nearly three months after they were detained, the seven individuals, who make up the so-called “Bakwit School 7”, were released at past 6 p.m. today, May 14. Chad Booc, Segundos Lagatos Melong, Benito…
The attempt on the life of lawyer Angelo Karlo Guillen in Iloilo City on March 3 was particularly brutal: He was stabbed with a screwdriver in the head and in other parts of his body, and when…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Lawyer King Anthony Perez, spokesperson of the National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) said they have found violations committed by the police during last Monday’s (Feb. 15) ‘rescue’ of Lumad minors at a…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) Cebu is condemning the act of some Cebu City policemen, who asked two jeepney drivers to remove their placards related to the “silent protest” of the…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The legal counsel of the “Cebu 8” are determined to pursue countercharges against the police officers involved in the arrest of the seven protesters and a bystander during an Anti-Terror Bill rally outside…
MANILA, Philippines — The National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) has asked for the intervention of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights amid the attacks and red-tagging of human rights lawyers and…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—Even before a directive could come from the Department of Justice (DOJ), the National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) has already started its own investigation on the death of former Cebu City Prosecutor…
The six activists who were tagged as communist rebels and arrested by the military in Mabinay town, Negros Oriental want the Supreme Court (SC) to transfer the venue of their hearings from Bais City, Negros Oriental to…
Following the killing of a human rights lawyer in Negros Occidental on Tuesday, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has called on the government to come up with measures to ensure the safety of human rights lawyers.…
CEBU CITY– “We will not be cowed.” Amid the slay of one of their founding members on Tuesday night, the National Union of People’s Lawyer (NUPL) vowed to stand their ground and continue defending victims of injustice…
THE Supreme Court would be the final arbiter of the conflicting decisions of two co-equal courts handling rebellion and coup d’ etat case of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, the heads of two lawyers’ organization said Tuesday. “The…
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