Commission on Human Rights HREP Office and the Cagayan de Oro Press Club: On Human Rights and the Media, Training-Webinar Course Pack by marichu lambino 2nd part of the 7th part of 7 parts May 26, 10am

ANTI-TERROR LAW 3 minutes of 40 minutes

“Sec. 9. Inciting to Commit Terrorism. – Any person who, without taking any direct part in the commission of terrorism, shall incite others to the execution of any of the acts specified in Section 4 hereof by means of speeches, proclamations, writings, emblems, banners or other representations tending to the same end, shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment of twelve (12) years.”

     Terrorism is not defined in the law. It is left to policemen or arresting officer or the Anti-Terrorism Council under the Office of the President to determine, ex parte and unilaterally, whether or not a person is committing the undefined act of terrorism, and to warrantlessly arrest such person based on its own determination, and without hearing.

Commission on Human Rights HREP Office and the Cagayan de Oro Press Club: On Human Rights and the Media, Training-Webinar Course Pack by marichu lambino 7th of 7 parts May 26, 10am

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UPDATES: to be discussed as a Q and A:

2 minutes of 40 minutes
Arrests of Facebook content-creators and Twitter users in the first 60 days
of the lockdown: (the data set was part of a paper submitted earlier to U.P. Law)
March 2020 to June 2020 :
37 arrests of Facebook and Twitter content-creators
12 subpoenas, criminal investigation of FB and Twitter content-creators
11 show-cause notices/ demands-to-apologize of FB and Twitter users

       In the first 60 days of the lockdown, more than one social media user  EVERY OTHER DAY was being  arrested based on their social media content  regarding how the pandemic was being handled.     

        Policemen, prosecutors and judges are using “continuing crime doctrine”,  relics of  the Marcos dictatorship: Garcia vs. Enrile, Ilagan vs. Enrile, and their resurrection in Umil vs. Ramos – for warrantless arrests of social media content-creators, users, and commenters.