Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 20:50:15 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The Court of Appeals has denied the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers’ (NUPL) petition for a court protection order against military harassment of their members.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 13:29:18 +0000
The Court of Appeals has submitted for resolution the writ of amparo case filed by the NUPL against the military and the police.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 11:05:28 +0000
The Court of Appeals has refused to stop the military and police leadership from issuing public statements supposedly maligning the activities of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL), which is composed of human rights lawyers.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 10:57:18 +0000
Top military and defense officials opted not to attend the Court of Appeals hearing on the NUPL petition accusing them of harassment and red-tagging of human rights lawyers.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 11:31:22 +0000
Top officials from the military on Thursday snubbed the Court of Appeals hearing on allegations of harassment and red tagging by human rights lawyers.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 11:56:18 +0000
Government lawyers on Tuesday focused on the legal technicalities of the NUPL petition to stop militarry harassment of its members.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 06 May 2019 21:30:13 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Three more groups that have complained of being unfairly tagged by Malacañang and the military as communist fronts have asked the Supreme Court for legal protection against threats to their lives.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 23:21:56 +0000
The Supreme Court has granted the petition of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) for judicial protection for its members against alleged harassment and attacks by government security forces. In a special full court session on Friday, the court issued a writ of amparo and a writ of habeas data in favor of the […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 15:00:00 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Friday said it has pieces of evidence to prove that the accusations of intimidation and threats by a group of human rights lawyers against them are baseless.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 09:31:52 +0000
Lawyers from different parts of the world have expressed support for their colleagues in the Philippines amid the heightened attacks against the profession in the country.
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