Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 09:42:16 +0000
The Duterte administration focuses on criminalizing children to cover up its failure to arrest drug lords and syndicates, the National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) said on Wednesday.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2019 05:48:16 +0000
A group of lawyers for marginalized and oppressed sectors said they are ready for more vicious attacks from “forces of darkness” this year.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2018 21:25:46 +0000
National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) questioned the legality of the President’s directive to “kill them all,” referring to the insurgents and their perceived allied organizations.
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A human rights group has condemned the killing of one of its lawyers in Negros Occidental Tuesday night.
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The Supreme Court will 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.
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The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) has sued the military and several local officials in South Cotabato for the 2017 alleged murder of indigenous peoples (IP) in Lake Sebu.
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Many of the loiterers arrested by police were so poor they cannot even pay the fine of P200, Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) chief Persida Acosta said on Wednesday.
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A lawyers’ group has expressed concern over Malacañang’s admission that a former counsel of President Rodrigo Duterte is a front-runner to replace retiring Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales.
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