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Chel Diokno

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25 Oct 20

Kung si Liza, Angel, at Catriona e ganoon na lang pagbantaan ng mga nasa pwesto, paano pa yung mga ordinaryong Pilipino?

If this also happens to you or anyone you know, here are some of the legal remedies available: [THREAD]

Victims of red tagging can use the law to go after those responsible for vilifying them. They can sue for injunction, damages, libel, amparo, or habeas data.

They can file complaints with the Ombudsman, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and the Philippine National Police. And they can report the red tagging to the Commission on Human Rights and the United Nations.

Here’s a rundown of available legal remedies:

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Chel Diokno

@ChelDiokno

21 Sep 20

If you’ve ever experienced how unfair our justice system is, here are even more reasons to #NeverForget and say #NeverAgain. A thread:

Nung panahon ng Martial Law, maraming naging biktima ng human rights violations. Maraming dinakip. Maraming tinorture. Meron ding mga pinatay. Pero hindi lang tao ang pinatay ng Martial Law. Today I will tell you the story of how the Marcoses killed justice in the Philippines.

It all began a week after Martial Law was declared. September 29, 1972, Ferdinand Marcos issued Letter of Instruction No. 11.

Anong nakalagay sa LOI 11? Lahat ng nasa gobyerno, dapat mag-submit ng letters of resignation—pati mga judge.

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Chel Diokno

@ChelDiokno

30 May 20

Studied Senate Bill No. 1083. We should be very concerned about these provisions:
(1/5)

SB1083 gives the Anti-Terrorism Council the power to authorize the prolonged detention of suspects arrested without warrant and to “designate” any person or group they suspect, and subject them to asset freezing. This usurps judicial power.
(2/5)

Because the power to “designate” and to detain can easily be abused or misused, it should be given only to the courts, not the ATC, since judges are impartial, objective, and independent of the executive branch.
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Chel Diokno

@ChelDiokno

23 Apr 20

The following questions must be answered about the death of Cpl. Winston Ragos:

1. Was Cpl. Ragos really carrying a firearm in his sling bag? What happened to the sling bag after he was shot? Who took it from the crime scene, searched it, and (allegedly) found the weapon?

The Revised PNP Operations Manual provides that it should be the investigator-on-case or the Scene-of-the-Crime-Officer, not the operatives involved in the incident, who should take charge of and process the crime scene.

2. Why did Cpl. Ragos’ sister insist that he was unarmed, when the police claim that he was armed? Why is there a person toward the end of the video who says, “Bakit niyo binaril, sir? Dapat kinapkapan niyo muna”?

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Chel Diokno

@ChelDiokno

14 Mar 20

Ngayong hinaharap natin itong krisis ng COVID-19, importanteng malinaw ang guidelines ng gobyerno, para naman hindi na dumagdag pa sa takot at kaguluhan ngayon. Kaya kailangan kong linawin ito—hindi pwedeng basta mang-aresto ang PNP dahil sa paglabag sa health emergency measures.

Sabi kasi ni NCRPO Regional Director Sinas, aarestuhin ng kapulisan yung mga lalabag sa ipapatupad na “community quarantine” sa Metro Manila. Hindi pupwede yan.

The PNP cannot arrest and detain you for violating public health emergency measures. Pwede ka nilang harangin at wag papasukin, na tama lang naman kung kailangan, pero hindi ka nila pwedeng arestuhin at ikulong dahil hindi naman krimen ang subukang pumasok sa Metro Manila.

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Chel Diokno

@ChelDiokno

11 Mar 20

Some Unsolicited Advice from a Concerned Lolo

Dahil nag-aalala ako para sa inyong lahat sa biglang pagdami ng kaso ng COVID-19 at sa nakikita nating pagresponde dito, heto ang kaunting payo mula sa isang concerned lolo:

Kung titingnan natin yung pag-handle ng ibang bansa sa sitwasyong ito, may dalawang lesson tayong makikita. First, we must radically change our behavior by practicing social distancing until the danger is over.

And second, we must convey to the government, in the strongest and loudest terms, that instead of downplaying the dangers of the coronavirus, it should take immediate steps to improve our public health system:

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