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Published March 17, 2021, 1:48 PM
At least 200 academics from universities in the Philippines and abroad jointly signed a unity statement urging the Philippine government to stop the attacks on and killings of activists.
“As academics, we are duty-bound and morally obliged to stand against all infringements of basic human rights,” said Academics Unite for Democracy and Human Rights Lead Convener Ramon Guillermo in a statement issued Wednesday, March 17.
“Academic freedom cannot thrive in an environment of fear and intimidation, for it rests on teachers’ and students’ unhampered exercise of their rights and liberties,” Guillermo, who is also the lead petitioner in the 29th case in the Supreme Court against the Anti-Terrorism Law of 2020, added.
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Lawmaker, ACT slam DILG order seeking names of leftists in public sector
enablePagination: false Bayan Muna Representative Ferdinand Gaite said the DILG was an act of harassment and intimidation.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 14) A lawmaker has slammed a letter from the Department of the Interior and Local Government that directs its regional officers to identify and submit names of people who are supposed members of left- leaning groups.
Bayan Muna Representative Ferdinand Gaite says the letter dated March 10 was an act of harassment and intimidation and that it adds to the group s suspicion that a hitlist was being made that he said could lead to more killings.
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