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Members of the Makabayan Bloc together with the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and Movement against Tyranny held a press conference last June 27 and denounced the issuance of arrest warrant and the filing of murder charges against former partylist representatives Satur Ocampo and Teddy Casi?o of Bayan Muna, NAPC chair Liza Maza and former DAR Secretary Rafael Mariano.(Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Cops must not compel the innocent to surrender – lawyers group

Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Dir. Gen. Oscar Albayalde’s appeal to former party-list lawmakers—including National Anti-Poverty Commission chief Liza Maza— to surrender, is wrong and an injustice, the legal counsel of the group asserted on Monday.

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Read more about the article CPP warns of more rights abuses under Duterte-Arroyo partnership
RED FLAG. The flag of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) waves in the wind somewhere in the province of Compostela Valley. The CPP celebrated the 44th anniversary of its re-establishment Wednesday. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

CPP warns of more rights abuses under Duterte-Arroyo partnership

As the Communist Party of the Philippines denounced the recent resurrection of trumped-up cases against former congressional representatives of the Makabayan bloc, the group also warned the people of more rights abuses under the partnership of President Rodrigo Duterte and House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

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