How Biden s Strong Military Presence in Indo-Pacific Sets Thucydides Trap for US and China © REUTERS / PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD
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The US will maintain a strong military presence in the Indo-Pacific, President Joe Biden emphasised in his 65-minute address to a joint session of Congress on 28 April. The rationale behind this military buildup is not to start conflict – but to prevent one, he asserted. How could Washington s new strategy play out in the region?
Speaking in front of Congress on Wednesday, Joe Biden emphasised the necessity of the military buildup in the Indo-Pacific while outlining the White House s new China strategy: In my discussion with President Xi, I told him that we welcome the competition – and that we are not looking for conflict, he sai
SC set to tackle March 23 issues on lawyers protection, trial courts search warrants – Manila Bulletin
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In a letter to Chief Justice Diosdado M. Peralta and the 14 other justices, Dean Edgardo Carlo Vistan II of the University of the Philippines College of Law cited not only the assaults and killings of lawyers but also their red-tagging.
Vistan also told the SC of the attempt of a police officer to get from a trial court a list of lawyers representing suspected members of the Communist Terror Group (CTG).
Several lawyers’ groups have said that more than 60 lawyers, including prosecutors and judiciary members, have been killed since 2016.
Vistan suggested the creation and convening of a Special Committee to Protect Lawyers which will be headed by a senior SC justice with representatives from the trial courts, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, lawyers’ networks, and the legal academe.
UP law profs, 700 others urge SC to probe requests for lawyers of suspected communists
Published March 17, 2021 7:48pm By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News Faculty members of the University of the Philippines College of Law have urged the Supreme Court (SC) to investigate police requests for names of lawyers handling cases of suspected communists. Their appeal to the SC came after they found out through inquiries with other lawyers and court officials that aside from the Calbayog City Regional Trial Court similar requests have also been received by other judges. In a letter signed by UP Law dean Edgardo Carlo Vistan II on Tuesday, the faculty members asked the high court to form a committee that will probe the circumstances behind the requests and the connection, if any, behind such attempts to profile and/or red-tag lawyers.
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