That Supposed Terror Plot Vs. Davao
The Arroyo administration has resorted once again to one of the oldest tricks in its deception book: scare people from attending gatherings and rallies against the regime by invoking so-called…
The Arroyo administration has resorted once again to one of the oldest tricks in its deception book: scare people from attending gatherings and rallies against the regime by invoking so-called…
In six years, the Arroyo administration has reversed the gains of the Filipino people, no matter how small, when it toppled the Marcos fascist dictatorship.
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS
Bulatlat
People simply do not buy repeated hectoring by the President and her allies that charter change will bring the country to paradise and news that she is sick generates further expectations for her to step down. The survival options for the besieged President have simply depreciated.
By the Policy Study, Publication and Advocacy Program
Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG)
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The idea of terrorism is extended to several forms of social fight and protest. Dissident political and trade union opinions become criminalized. An environment movement such as Greenpeace or animal rights activist is even prosecuted as terrorist in some countries. Lawyer Raf Jespers of the Progressive Lawyers Network, Belgium, made these arguments during a forum of international lawyers in Davao City last month.
In this analysis piece, the Policy Study, Publication and Advocacy (PSPA) Program of the Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) analyzes the recent filing of human-rights charges against President…