Inter-Parliamentary Union Sends Team to Look Into Satur, Beltran Cases
IPU to ask UN bodies on “continuing crime” doctrine
The prestigious Inter-Parliamentary Union, the organization of the
world’s national legislatures, will send a team of senators to Manila
to investigate first-hand the legal persecution of the Batasan 6,
specifically the arbitrary detention of Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran
and the short-circuited issuance of the arrest warrant on Bayan Muna
Rep. Satur Ocampo.
UN Calls for Repeal of New Anti-Terror Law
The United Nations’ special rapporteur on human rights, Martin Scheinin, said today the recently passed anti-terrorism bill, called the Human Security Act, should be changed or abolished since, according to him, “implementation of this law could have a negative impact on human rights in the country and undermines the rule of law.”
“I am concerned that many provisions of the Human Security Act are not in accordance with international human rights standards,? Scheinin said, in this statement published on the UN website.
‘Bombo Radyo: No One to Blame But Adonis Himself’
The following is the statement issued by Bombo Radyo in response to Lex Adonis claim that the network abandoned him. This was originally published in three parts in the Feb. 23, 24 and 25, 2007, issues of the Mindanao Daily Mirror.
Broadcaster Alexander ?Lex? Adonis should not blame Bombo Radyo, his former employer, for his conviction in the libel case filed by Congressman Prospero Nograles arising from the ?Burlesk King? controversy. He only has himself to blame for his woes.
‘Burlesque King’: Libel Law Dooms Davao Newsman
Lex Adonis, one of Davao City’s hard-hitting radio broadcasters, is behind bars after a court convicted him of the libel case filed by House majority leader Rep. Prospero Nograles. Adonis’s misfortune illustrates what happens when a powerful public official uses the country’s libel laws to get back at a journalist who was too poor to hire a lawyer or attend court hearings.
Related item: ‘No One to Blame But Adonis Himself — Bombo Radyo’
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