Tag: Anti-terror law

The group said the country has been included in the watchlist because of its attacks on media and the proposed anti-terror law

While everybody is so preoccupied trying to survive the pandemic, why and how can the immediate threat of terrorism be so real?

The priests said they made “prayerful discernment, diligent study, critical analysis” of the nature and implications of the proposed law

The country's church leaders are also expected to discuss the official stand of the bishops' conference on the proposed anti-terrorism law

President Duterte has until July 9 to act on the bill, which has been opposed by human rights groups, before it lapses into law

Environmental defenders are wary that the proposed law would target activists who protest against 'destructive projects'

A network of church workers and rights advocates announced that they will join demonstrations against the proposed anti-terror law on June 12

The proposed law allows the government to wiretap suspects, arrest them without warrants and detain them for 14 days, among other provisions

The Diocesan Commission on Social Action, Justice and Peace said the passage of the bill is tantamount to committing the 'Sin of Omission'

Catholic educators decry several provisions of the proposed law that they said are in conflict with Catholic tenets of justice