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2 Feb, 32 tweets, 12 min read
Policemen stationed here along Padre Faura near the Supreme Court. Today is the schedule of oral arguments on Anti-Terror Law
Public barred from getting near the Supreme Court
Fire truck here in front of SC
Police prohibit people from getting near the SC.
Protesters in front of Philippine General Hospital, a few meters away from SC grounds.
Religious and lay people in front of Iglesia Filipina Independiente.
Church people pray for SC justices
Protesters call
Scene here at SC
Luke Espiritu @sanlakas_ph says Duterte should not be given more powers. He says the Philippine National Police should instead be abolished to eradicate terrorism.
Watch @natoreyes , secgen of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan facebook.com/63467907915/po…
Raymond Basilio of @actph1982 says teachers are wrongfully labeled as terrorists, and red tagging infringes upon academic freedom.
Mariz Palce of @gabrielaphils Youth says Duterte and his policemen are the real terrorists.
Junk Duterte and his Terror Law, @gabrielaphils says
Watch. @BayanMuna Rep. @kaloi_zarate says the Duterte admin uses terrorist-tagging as a weapon. facebook.com/63467907915/po…
Rochelle Poras of Council for People Development and Governance says Terror Law will hamper the delivery of much-needed relief to far-flung communities.
A bishop of the UCCP says Church workers, priests, pastors, nuns are persecuted for serving the poor.
Bikers join the protest to #JunkTerrorLaw
A nun leads a prayer for lawyers of the petitioners.
Face shield and mask as placards
Outside the SC
Danilo Ramos of @kmp_phl to policemen: Kaming magsasaka ang nagpapalamon sa inyo pero ang mga magsasala pinapatay ninyo.
WATCH. Lumad teacher Rose Hayahay: Sino ang terorista? Sino ba nag-utos na bombahin ang mga paaralang Lumad? facebook.com/63467907915/po…
Cultural group Sinagbayan performs about the killings of peasants
Sinagbayan's symbolic resistance
Lawyer Krissy Conti @chronikrissys is one of the emcees for the program here outside SC.
Social media influencer Aling Marie: Ang sambayanan ay mas malakas kaysa sa mga nasa gobyerno na pinapasuweldo natin.
Jerome Adonis of @kilusangmayouno : Walang ibang kahulugan ang Anti-Terror Law kundi pagkitil sa aming karapatan sa pag-uunyon at sa karapatan ng mamamayan
Adonis says 50 workers were killed under Duterte. Union leaders in Mindanao are harassed by state security forces, their organizers slapped with fabricated charges.
WATCH. SC Oral arguments here

Watch the @altermidya network special coverage here. Journalist @indayevarona & musician Edge Uyanguren of @artistangbayan serve as our hosts facebook.com/altermidya/vid…

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2 Feb
[Thread] Supreme Court oral argument on the Anti-Terror Law begins. Lawyers for both petitioners and respondents enter their respective appearances.
Lawyer Jose Anselmo Cadiz: The anti-terror law may bring more harm that the evils it should suppose fight.
Lawyer Chel Diokno: Terror law's chilling effect is palpable, calls on the Supreme Court to strike down the law before it brings more danger.
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2 Feb
Peasant women’s fight against Terror Law continues

Farmers women group Amihan joined today’s protest in support of lawyers and petitioners as the Supreme Court is set to hold an oral argument on the Philippine terror law this afternoon, Feb. 2. (THREAD)
In a statement, Amihan chairperson Zenaida Soriano said the terror law will only amplify systematic attacks on peasants.
“We speak for the peasant women victims of EJK and other human rights abuses. The Duterte regime via its counter-insurgency programs killed 38 peasant women, 11 children, 9 peasant couples and at least 34 older persons,"
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