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National Union of Peoples' Lawyers-National Capital Region, Manananggol Laban (Manlaban) sa EJK, Concerned Lawyers for Civil Liberties
THREAD: Stressed dahil pinirmahan na ang ATB? Hinga ng malalim!
Ano ang ibig sabihin na pirmado na ang ATB? Batas na sya ngayon - RA 11479 - na dapat sundin sa Pilipinas. Pero dapat ay ipublish pa yan sa Official Gazette o sa dyaryo. 15 days after publication saka effective.
Walang kwenta ang ECQ, MECQ, voluntary ECQ kung hindi maaayos ng gobyerno ang totoong problema ha. Yung nilista ng mga doktor kahapon: hospital workforce efficiency, contact tracing & quarantine, transportation safety, workplace safety, self-protection, social amelioration.
PAANO DAPAT MAG-SERVE NG SEARCH WARRANT ANG PULIS SA BAHAY?
1) Syempre una, meron dapat silang search warrant (SW) na pirmado ng isang judge. Dapat kumpleto at tama ang address, at partikular ang mga bagay na hinahanap.
ANO ANG SILBI NG, AT DAPAT GAWIN KAPAG, MAY VIDEO KA NG CRIME SCENE?
Tatlo ang klase ng ebidensya sa korte ng Pilipinas: testimonial, documentary, object evidence. Kung may video ka ng isang crime scene, pwede itong kilalaning documentary evidence dahil record ito ng nangyari.
THREAD: PAANO KUNG PULIS ANG PASAWAY? Huwag mag-panic! Ilang paalala kapag may taong hinuli.
Kung ikaw ang hinuhuli -
1) Alamin kung bakit ka inaaresto. Itanong ang ispesipikong batas na nilabag; hindi pwedeng "ah, basta yung Bayanihan to Heal as One Act."
Paalala ko ulit na hindi iligal ang magpatalsik ng pangulo. Tinuring nga ng Supreme Court na "extra-constitutional" ang EDSA 1, at "extra-legal" ang EDSA 2. Panahon na para maging "extra" ulit tayo!
Sa mga nag-iisip magbura ng posts, ng Facebook, Twitter, etc, o mag-censor ng sarili dyan, hep hep. Yan yung "chilling effect" nung terror law. Talo na tayo agad nyan.
Alam ko na kahit hindi tayo terorista e pwede tayong bansagan at hulihin bilang terorista. Kasi nakita natin...
Grabe rin nitong pandemic 'no, pipigain ka talaga. Kanina nagpalit na ng sistema yung mga ejeep, yung blue. Kelangan na ng Beep card na bibilhin mo sa halagang P150, may load na P50.
Tinanong ko kay ateng nagbebenta kung pareho sa Beep sa MRT/LRT, hindi raw. Mapilitan ka bumili.
Galit dahil batas na ang ATB? Ibaling sa pangangampanya, magpaliwanag sa lahat ng makakausap mo. Tandaan, ang batas ginagawa yan sa ngalan ng taumbayan. Sino ang taumbayan? Ikaw, ako. Tayo.
Tumindig. Bumalikwas.
#JunkTerrorLaw
#LawyersAllRise
are here in Quezon City! Please look for the CLCL poster later at the mañanita in UP Diliman. Use our hashtag to call our attention to incidents with police, arrests, or untoward incidents where you need legal assistance.
Bakit may 15 days requirement? Kelangan kasi may official notice sa lahat muna. Yung, "o eto ha, bawal na to, bawal ganyan." Kaya panahon ito para aralin talaga nang todo yung batas. Pag effective na yan, pasok na yung kasabihan "ignorance of the law excuses no one".
Cancelling the UP-DND accord will have the greatest impact on everybody's right to speak and to peaceably assemble. All throughout the lockdown, UP campuses (esp, Diliman) have been rallying points for the biggest assemblies against terrible governance and government policies.
My name now appears on the ICC list of assistants to counsel, which means I can more closely assist in investigations and trials before the court.
No coincidence that I learned law under the Filipino judge and the Filipino counsel on the court - both of them have helped me...+
The ICC investigation will cover all kinds of crimes against humanity in the Philippines, meaning, it go into, besides the killing, arrests, detention, torture, sexual abuse, use of excessive force, everything else that qualifies as other inhumane acts.
Did you all enjoy the mañanita? Concerned Lawyers for Civil Liberties (CLCL) is still here in UP Diliman.
#LawyersAllRise
will pull out last, have to be sure everybody gets home all right.
A lawyers caravan swung by the Supreme Court earlier with CLCL convenors
@ColmenaresPH
Sen. Jose "Ka Pepe" Diokno was born 100 years ago today. He lawyered for Neri
@ColmenaresPH
, a student activist arrested age 18 years old at the height of Martial Law.
Neri will sponsor the 12:00nn-12:45pm mass at the UP Diliman Parish of the Holy Sacrifice. +
Asking for a friend. Who knows anyone who is still in jail now for quarantine rules violation? Who might need legal and financial assistance for release. Am talking about Concerned Lawyers for Civil Liberties as my friendship circle. Hit us up at +639656047475.
#TulongHindiKulong
Thank you from Sitio San Roque!
After a one-day run, we have reached our target for the bail and legal fund for the San Roque 21. As of April 4, 2020, 7:30pm, we have P72,581.75 on hand in the BPI and GCash accounts from 80 individual donors. Considering pledges from...
Two years after the mass arrests during the pandemic, the cases of the San Roque 21 were finally dismissed today on the merits. The dismissal of the motley of trumped-up charges against residents seeking aid in the midst of a lockdown is a triumph we share with...+
...mismong larga ng pulis (pwede ka kasuhan ng obstruction of justice). Ewan ko sa mga pulis, pero malimit lang talaga ayaw nila na may nagvi-video – pero kaduda-duda yan. Galawang may itinatago at may pinagtatakpan. Ultimo, galawang kriminal.
#StopTheAttacks
#PulisAngTerorista
Hindi simpleng isyu ng soberanya ang pagsali sa ICC. Sino bang maysabi na papalitan ng ICC ang korte sa Pilipinas? Pili lang ang mga kasong pwede iharap dito. Ayon na rin sa dating prof ko, ang mga dapat kabahan dito ay "despots, murderers, torturers." Yung mga nasa poder...+
What to do if you are somewhere near an arrest operation --
1) Answer truthfully if questnd
2) Do not interfere/prevent police from arresting a person
BUT you can --
1) Take photos and videos as long as it does not compromise the operation
2) Point out errors/flaws by police
Marcos wants to disengage from the ICC?
The Philippines just hired London-based lawyer Sarah Bafadhel to assist the Office of the Solicitor General in the appeal on the deferral of the investigation. I would say it is rash and unwise of the president to again say...+
In it to win it. That's our stance in the Araullo v. Badoy-Partosa and Celiz civil damages suit filed today, seeking reparations for the damage serial red-taggers have caused through the years.
This case is months in the making, hammered out painstakingly with...+
Look who's joining
#FreePiston6
legal team: 2020 bar topnotcher
@MaeDianeAzores
! Jeepney drivers daughter is also jeepney drivers lawyer! In good company with VJ Topacio, Noel Neri and Ming Saladero in PLACE (and also NUPL members).
@pistonPH
NAVOTAS POLICE ARE LIABLE FOR MURDER
We refuse to accept and normalize death as a result of a regular police operation. There should be no presumption of regularity when death results from it. The death of Jerhode “Jemboy” Baltazar should be prosecuted as not as an accident...+
My brother, Eric Jun Casilao, was reportedly arrested in Malaysia. I was informed by his lawyers that Eric was locked up in KLIA(Kuala Lumpur International Airport) as of yesterday in the afternoon processing the transfer to Philippine Embassy authorities. +
JUST IN: Eric Jun Casilao, allegedly a top leader of the CPP-NPA, has been arrested in Malaysia and deported to PH this morning.
PNP chief PBGen Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. will hold a press conference at NAIA 2 at 10 a.m., based on a media advisory from a NAIA personnel. |
@mikenavallo
The ICC is a threat to mass murderers, despots, and tyrants, not to Philippine sovereignty per se. Filipinos, victims of the "war in drugs", asked for the international court and community to step in because our government cannot and would not give them genuine justice here. +
Rodrigo Duterte should be charged for his direct threats against Rep. France Castro
@FranceCastroACT
! His statement comes with the context that he is personally capable and willing to see these kinds of threats through.
Year 2014. Bar exams results were announced March 18. Benito and Wilma Tiamzon were arrested March 22. Serendipity? Maybe. Test of character? Certainly.
I joined the Tiamzon legal team with barely a clue how to lawyer. Nine years later, I know some and a bit more. +
The public prosecutor in this case did not actively participate. He even testified for the accused. So please give credit where it is due - to the private prosecutors with the NUPL-NCR, the paralegals of Rise Up for Live and for Rights, and other volunteers.
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla on Wednesday hailed the conviction of policemen who were found guilty of killing father and son Luis and Gabriel Bonifacio in an anti-illegal drug operation in 2016.
2) Kailangang magpakilala ang pulis at ipaalam kung bakit sila nandun. Kung hindi sila sinagot o pinagbuksan ng nasa loob saka lang sila pwedeng manira ng pintuan, bintana o anuman. Ulit: kailangan alam ng nasa loob ng bahay na pulis ang dumating (unipormado) at ano ang pakay.
Expect full cooperation of victims, families, support groups in ICC investigation
It is with overwhelming joy and trepidation that we, with the families of victims of the “war on drugs”, step into the next stage of the ICC proceedings. +
What's the difference between the declaration of a state of public health emergency and a state of emergency?
These declarations of a status or condition is given to the executive, just to reflect what's happening. Ano nga ba ang nangyayari?
...kung ano talaga ang nangyari, magtiwala na madedepensahan yan ng abogado sa korte.
Legal po ang mag-document o mag-video ng isang pangyayari, lalo na kung nasa pampublikong lugar. Kahit pa may police operation, pwedeng kumuha ng video hangga’t hindi nakakasagabal sa...
Update on the San Roque 21 as of April 3, 2020 -
Four hours after we put up the appeal to put up a legal and bail fund, we have a total of P35,420.50 in the BPI and GCash accounts from 55 individuals. Many more are pledging to help. Thank you everybody!! We aim to cover bail...
Kamusta mga katropa, ano na namang ginawa ng mga pulis ngayon? What to do when it's your turn confronted with a warrant. Spot these key parts of a warrant of arrest and a search warrant - though alike in many ways, are two very very different things.
A thread -
yan nung drug war di ba? Hindi kasali sa drug trade pero pinatay.
Kaya hindi ko ma-recommend na magself-censor tayo. Ingat siguro pero hindi manahimik. Maya-maya may discussion ako kasama ang Anakbayan tungkol sa ATB, sama kayo! FB live at 10:00 am.
P.S. Legal at protected...
We just filed an Extremely Urgent Motion for the Issuance TRO and/or prelim injunction in PISTOn chair v. DOTr. Together with Bayan Muna lawyer
@ColmenaresPH
, NUPL-NCR argues that the government is not ready for January 1, 2024. And it shows!
#NoToJeepneyPhaseout
What's up madlang pipooooool! Because sharing is caring, here's police instructions re marking of evidence. After search and seizure of firearms or explosives, police are required to ensure the integrity of the object evidence until trial.
A thread -
@voguishmess
Yes, as expected. Though OG also has a physical copy. In any case, we're looking at July 19, 2020, or 15 days after today as date of effectivity.
...KINUHA YUNG GAMIT NA WALA SA SW: Maaring panagutin sa RPC Article 129; maari ring kasuhan ng pagnanakaw depende sa sirkumstansya.
...SEARCH WALANG WITNESS: Krimen ayon sa RPC Article 130.
...WALA/DI MAAYOS YUNG RETURN SA KORTE: Maaring ma-contempt of court.
#StopTheAttacks
Happy to share that I can formally participate in ICC proceedings as assistant to counsel! We will proceed soon with registration of participation of victims from Rise Up for Life and for Rights in further proceedings.
3) Kaagad dapat isagawa ang search o paghahanap sa mga bagay na nakasulat sa SW. Kailangang may witness sa search; primarya, yung may-ari o nakatira sa bahay, o kaya kapamilya. Kung wala, dapat magtawag ng dalawang taga-doon sa lugar "of sufficient age and discretion".
2) Kilalanin kung sino ang umaaresto sa iyo - pangalan, ranggo, unit o team, assignment (baka naka-patrol lang), superior officer.
3) Bantayang mabuti kung susundin ang arrest protocol. Maganda kung pamilyar ka sa tamang paraan ng pag-aresto (kung TV lang batayan mo...
Object evidence naman yung cellphone na nagrecord, o kaya yung pinag-save-an (na USB, CD) ng video file.
Pulis [SOCO] lang, sa ayaw man natin o sa hindi, ang pwedeng kumuha at mag-process ng opisyal na ebidensya. Yung video na kinuha mo ay itinuturing na private document....
It's the last working week of 2023, and we are waiting for a TRO from the Supreme Court on the jeepney phase out program.
A TRO will help us all figure the best way forward.
#NoToJeepneyPhaseout
San ba yang ICC na yan? Ano ba yan?
Nasa The Hague, The Netherlands sa Europa ang headquarters ng court. Malaking complex yan, hiwa-hiwalay ang mga opisina ng judges, ng prosecutors, ng defense lawyers. +
#WelcomeICC
#LovePhilippines
#StopTheKillings
Marcos, Remulla should commit to investigate the policy and the president, tokhang and Duterte
NON-COOPERATION WITH THE ICC SHOWS, WEAKNESS, DUPLICITY, AND INSULT TO VICTIMS
If the Philippine government will not cooperate in an international investigation of the “war on drugs”+
...mali yung paraan ng pag-aresto kay Gen. Delfin Borja, yung lolo ni Cardo Dalisay; dapat sinabi sa kanya una kung bakit sya inaaresto/ano ang kaso, bago pa yung Miranda Rights). Pero kung hindi mo sigurado, punahin ang bawat gagawin ng pulis. Tandaan ang sequence of events.
"Martial law-type enforcement", what does it really mean? Some thoughts on how the military, short of an actual imposition of martial law, can figure in our daily lives.
a) They will be everywhere. - Military, instead of police, will patrol streets and be conspicuously present.
7) Magre-report ang pulis sa judge na nag-isyu ng warrant.
PAANO KUNG...
...WALANG SEARCH WARRANT: Mananagot ang pulis sa violation of domicile, na krimen ayon sa RPC Article 128,
...MAY SW PERO MAY PAGMAMALABIS: Krimen ito ayon sa RPC Article 129.
buong panahon na hawak ka ng pulis.
4) Ipaalam sa kamag-anak o kapitbahay ang naganap. Kung walang panahon o pagkakataon mismong pagkahuli, ipagpilitan na gumamit ng telepono sa presinto. Hindi ka pwedeng ikulong na incommunicado (o walang kontak sa labas).
PILC: The dismissal of two more complaints against officers and members of youth group
@anakbayan_ph
over alleged kidnapping and recruitment of child soldiers shows how baseless the beliefs of and public statements by the LPP and NTF-ELCAC.
Dalawang taon makalipas ang mga malawakang pag-aresto noong kasagsagan ng pandemya, naibasura na sa wakas ang mga kaso laban sa San Roque 21. Ang pagbasura ng gawa-gawang mga kaso laban sa mga residenteng naghihintay lamang ng ayuda sa gitna ng mga lockdown ay isang tagumpay...+
They say you can't find religion and Marxism in the same place, but here are Benito and Wilma Tiamzon at St. Peter's Basilica. We had a short break time, and Ka Wilma asked to visit. She was utterly fascinated by the symbolism in all the religious artifacts and art,...+
Private autopsy reports only become part of the public record if/when the families voluntarily submit these to the police, prosecutor, or court. Law enforcement cannot compel what it failed to produce/do. No police should be visiting/pestering
@Doc4Dead
, not especially in UP!
Malimit ipapatawag ng pulis ang barangay. Sa drugs cases kasi, required ang barangay, media, DOJ (alinman sa dalawa). Tawag sa kanila “insulating witnesses”.
4) Dapat maayos ang documentation sa search. Kailangang gumawa ng detalyadong imbentaryo/resibo nakuha sa lugar.
Help Sitio San Roque!
Police unjustly arrested 21 residents of Sitio San Roque who were lined up for relief goods along EDSA on April 1, 2020. They were formally charged with maximum flourish today, because this government said show them "no mercy".
...speech pa rin tong pick up line na 'to: Terorista ba ang magulang mo? Cause you're the bomb. (Wag nyo lang sabihin to sa loob ng airport.)
#JunkTerrorLaw
The damages case by our client Dr. Carol Araullo is meant to be an example for others who have suffered the same, to show how we can fight back against abusers, the haughty, and the entitled. The money isn't the biggest part of this - it's the principle behind it. +
Wrong perceptions about Neri
#22Colmenares
to correct on the campaign trail:
1. NPA sya - absolutely not, he was a long-serving lawmaker and human rights lawyer in his own space in the civic, not armed, movement
2. Pinopondohan/popondohan nya NPA - no proof; gov't funds audited
The Remulla case shows what the ordinary accused does not have: connections, focused defense, material resources, public attention and scrutiny, and most poignantly, due process. But it also reveals what all cases should have: speedy disposition...
Winning from Makati to Caloocan! NUPL-NCR represents victims of tokhang and red-tagging, two of the most pernicious policy-practice of the state.
In Caloocan, we won a homicide case against four policemen in a double murder on September 16, 2016. +
...Pwedeng isubmit ito sa pulis para maging bahagi ng evidence on record habang imbestigasyon, o kaya ay sa prosecutor sa inquest o kaya habang may preliminary investigation, o kahit nga sa mismong abogado (prosecution man o defense) sa trial, bago magsimula ang kaso sa korte.
Importante ang ganitong klase ng ebidensya ngayon, kasi mas matibay na basehan ito ng pagpapasya ng huwes. Syempre, kailangang tignan din ng korte ang posibilidad ng tampering, editing, misappreciation (baka iba ang itsura sa ibang angulo). Pero kung ang video mo ang patunay...
"Rumors are carried by haters, spread by fools, and accepted by idiots." The article about me by Rigoberto Tiglao
@bobitiglao
in The Manila Times dated May 13, 2024 is factually and maliciously incorrect. +
How are lawyers killed in the Philippines? In the most brazen ways, to send the message that we can take you out anytime we want.
Killed where? Usually, in front of their houses, driving in their cars, walking to the courthouse parking lost. With their children or a client. +
Mukhang hindi police protocol ang dapat irepaso. Ang lumalabas kasi sa mga kaso katulad ng kay Jemboy ay may paglabag ng protocol. Mali ang implementasyon. Mga nakagawian, kultura, at unwritten protocols - katulad ng protect your own, quota system - ang kailangan baguhin sa PNP.+
Kung mapagpasyahan na gamitin ang video mo sa korte, kailangan mong magpatotoo sa video:
1) Huwag burahin o i-edit ang video sa device na nag-capture. Pwedeng ipa-submit sa iyo ng korte yung mismong cellphone, o kaya yung pinag-save-an (na USB, CD).
2) Maghanda ng affidavit of authentication, kung saan ilalahad mo kung nasaan ka nung nangyari, paano mo kinunan, saan mo sinave, saan/kanino mo ipinasa kung file.
3) Kailangan mong tumestigo sa korte para pormal na tanggapin ng korte ang ebidensya. Bale, ikaw ay magbibigay na..
5) Siguraduhing lahat ng bagay na kinuha sa iyo ay maililista/maire-record, at pirmado ng taong kumuha. Gumawa ng resibo/duplicate copy ng imbentaryo ng kung anumang sasamsamin sa iyo, sa bahay mo, o sa lugar na pinaghulihan sa iyo.
6) Kung kakayanin, sumangguni sa abogado...
I have all the grades possible from 1.0 to 5.0! My TOR runs the whole spectrum. Most decisive failing grade in college course Molecular Biology of the Eukaryotes/Molecular Genetics. Made me shift out of science. My professor counselled, "maybe your talents lie elsewhere." 🫣
Flunked Nego in law school. Retook it. Got 1.25. It dragged my GWA down but still qualified for Dean's medal.
Beyond teaching me to get up and try again, I learned to go after what I really want.
Passed the Bar but chose to be a journalist. Doesn't make me any less of a lawyer
Jeepney “modernization” comes at expense of livelihood of drivers, commuters. NUPL-NCR is co-counsel in the petition filed by PISTON drivers today.
Enforcement of the PUVMP by December 31, 2023 will result in the revocation of franchises of almost 64k jeeps...+
Pwede pa rin pong mag-rally kahit may Anti Terror Act at quarantine laws. Concerned Lawyers for Civil Liberties, present!
#JunkTerrorLaw
#LawyersAllRise
Have IBP ID, will join SONAgKAISA? Check in with the Concerned Lawyers for Civil Liberties if you want to help out with legal tomorrow. CLCL, with NUPL, FLAG, Artikulo Tres, ALG, AHRC and other law groups have volunteered to secure people against illegal arrest, detention...
PCOO Usec Rocky to Mayor Richard: Bilang isang aktor ano po yung mensahe naman nyo sa network at kapwa artista dun sa nangyari sa ABS-CBN.
Goma: Baka mas maganda yata kayo ang sasagot nyan, kasi kayo ang nasa gobyerno na nagpahinto sa pagbroadcast ng ABS-CBN.
LOKOHAN PA BA TAYO
Kung hindi ito maiaabot sa may-ari/nakatira ay iiwan dapat yung papel sa lugar kung saan natagpuan at kinuha yung kontrabando.
5) Kung kontrabando - firearms na walang lisensya, explosives, o droga - maaring hulihin yung taong may hawak sa bagay o kontrol ng lugar kung saan...
We assure Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa that the ICC investigation, for the families under Rise Up for Life and for Rights, is not part of vendetta or personal grudgery. We don’t have the energy or opportunity to be petty like that.
#StopTheKillings
Pero teka yung P100 para sa card lang?? Bakit ang mahal?!? Kibit balikat si ate.
Nagreklamo nga ako sa Beep train card na P20 noon, pati nung tumaas yun ng P10. Pero kahit magngangawa ako wala naman akong choice sakyan kasi walang traditional jeep di ba.
Franchise consolidation is NOT the first step. The local public transport route plan is. Logically, you begin with a supply-demand study before you talk about franchisea or routes. See below from DOTr DO No. 2017-011.
#NoToJeepneyPhaseout
#YesToConsolidation
I for one will always always try to understand grievances, especially when it is about livelihood. All day long! I have reading post regarding
#NoToJeepNeyPhaseOut
, trying to make some sense why people are against the December 30 deadline and why as of
Bawat sumakay sa jeep nakasimangot, pero walang magagawa e, ito na yung pinaka-abot kaya.
Yung dating P18 ko na balikan, ngayon P30 na dagdag pa yung card na P100. Hay, sino ba kumikita rito?
Mahabaang paliwanagan ito, hindi lang sa drivers, pati na rin sa commuters. Wish ko magkaintindihan at magkaisa tayo sa gusto natin para sa totoo at makataong PUV modernization. Ang laban ng drivers, laban ng commuters!
#NoToJeepneyPhaseout
@simplyerichxoxo
@mor1019chacha
Aba, mas mahirap ang magbulagbulagan at sumang-ayon lang sa unresponsive solutions. Susunod ang tao sa malinaw, karampatan, at reasonably necessary na patakaran.
...o human rights worker bago madala sa inquest.
7) Sa inquest, makakaharap mo ang piskal/prosecutor. Kung bibigyan ng pagkakataon, isumbong sa kanya ang mga paglabag ng mga karapatan mo.
8) Kunin ang charge sheet laban sa inyo, sa pulis man o sa piskal. Karapatan mong...
Calling us NPA or supporters of, or insinuating so, is dangerous because it puts us in the line of fire. The NPA is a revolutionary army up against the AFP in a long-drawn civil war; it is a combatant force within the ambit of international humanitarian law - the rules of war.
... rin ng testimonial evidence, bukod pa sa video. Kung ikaw mismo ay witness sa insidente, maaring tanungin ka na rin tungkol sa nangayari. Sa kabilang banda, kung hindi ka naman witness mismo, hal., ikaw ang may-ari ng CCTV, tatanungin at sasagutin mo lang kung anong alam mo.
YES, ICC INVESTIGATION NEEDED
Contrary to its intention, the push for an “unequivocal defense” of Duterte by the PH House of Representatives only emphasizes the need for an investigation by the ICC. Providing a blanket of protection only points that there can be no fair,+