Human Rights

DAVAO CITY — Three lawyers whose names were in the military Order of Battle list filed a petition for a writ of amparo at the Regional Trial Court to preempt impending threats to their lives.

Davao lawyers Carlos Isagani Zarate, Lilibeth Ladaga and Angela Librado-Trinidad filed the petition before the RTC clerk of Court on Tuesday, June 16, asking the Court to order the respondents�mostly top military and police officers in the region�to produce all documents related to the inclusion of their names in the OB list and to �suppress� or �destroy� these information. They also asked the military to make a public apology to rectify the damages to their reputation and to explain why their names were put in the list. Read on.

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