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[In the news] Diokno: Even social media posts could be considered terrorism under anti-terror law -GMAnews

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Diokno: Even social media posts could be considered terrorism under anti-terror law

Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that even Filipinos who exercise their basic rights on social media may be considered as committing terrorism crimes under the assailed Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020.

Diokno, one of a handful of lawyers representing 37 sets of petitioners in oral arguments, said the law is worded in a way that gives law enforcers the power to infer the “intent” behind protests, work stoppages, and other exercises of civil and political rights.

The law exempts these activities from the definition of terrorism, but only as long as they are “not intended to cause death or serious physical harm to a person, to endanger a person’s life, or to create a serious risk to public safety.”

Diokno said this places the petitioners, many of whom are activists, at the risk of being arrested and prosecuted based on the “subjective impression” of law enforcers of what their intent was.

He claimed that ordinary citizens exercising their basic rights are also in peril.

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[Right-up] The Buck-Toothed, Janitor-like Talking Chel Diokno -by Norman Novio

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Photo taken at Freedom of Expression Conference 2 in November 2018 where Dean Chel Diokno was guest speaker. The event was organized by the Human Rights Online Philippines

Amid coronavirus outbreak, President Rodrigo R. Duterte lashed out at Chel Diokno in a late-night address yesterday saying, “Diokno is talking like a janitor. You know why you didn’t win in the last elections? Because you have big teeth. The way you talk, half of your jaw is showing.” The president just used faulty logic to make a point and this is nothing but a blatant personal attack. This fallacy occurs when someone refutes another’s ideas or actions by attacking the person, in this case, his physical attributes, rather than his thinking or deeds. I do not remember Diokno resorting to such remarks on the president ever.

Many of us are wondering why the president did say that Diokno is “talking like a janitor?” How does a janitor talks, by the way? This is just a guess: Duterte assumed that in general, janitors are trash talkers (with all pun intended)!

For some office people or those in the so-called white-collar jobs, the term “janitor” is derogatory because it indicates a low-skilled, low-paying position in the workplace. Do not get offended, you DDS janitors, “janitor” is not a dirty word, but the president has a divan-full of it.

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[Statement] Atty. Chel Diokno on the Arrest of Maria Ressa

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Statement of Atty. Chel Diokno on the Arrest of Maria Ressa

As a human rights lawyer, as a Filipino, I condemn the Duterte administration’s heavy-handed attempt to arrest Rappler CEO Maria Ressa.

Naniniwala tayong dapat pag may sala, may parusa. Pero sa kasong ito, malinaw na ito ay tahasang pag-atake hindi lang sa malayang pamamahayag, kundi sa buong sistema ng hustisya sa ating bansa.

Simula nang naupo sa pwesto ang administrasyong ito, wala na itong ginawa kundi habulin at gantihan—sa kahit na anong paraan, kahit pa baluktutin nila ang katarungan—ang lahat ng naglalakas-loob na tumayo at magsalita at sabihin ang katotohanan. Hindi na kayo nakontento sa dami ng trolls ninyo, gusto nyo pang sakupin ang usapan sa cyberspace. Hindi ba kayo nagsasawa sa dami ng institusyon ng bayan na walang pakundangan ninyong sinisira? Hindi ba kayo nahihiya na kung sino pa ang dapat nagsisilbi e siya pang nangunguna sa pang-aabuso sa kapwa Pilipino?

Pinapaalalahanan ko ang gobyernong ito: hindi panghabambuhay ang kapangyarihan. Pero ang katarungan, ano man ang mangyari, darating at darating yan. At nananawagan ako sa mga kababayan natin: panahon nang tumayo at magsalita. Hindi tayo ililigtas ng katahimikan. Walang ibang lalaban para sa mga karapatan natin, walang ibang lalaban para sa katarungan, kundi tayo din.

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[In the news] Bato’s ‘lips to lips’ remark ‘normalizes’ sexual harassment, Chel Diokno says -PhilStar.com

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Bato’s ‘lips to lips’ remark ‘normalizes’ sexual harassment, Chel Diokno says

Opposition candidate Chel Diokno rebuked fellow candidate and former Philippine National Police chief Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, who commented that the fastest way to learn Kapampangan was to kiss a Pampanga local “lips to lips.”

“Sabi nila, ang pinakamabilis daw na paraan para matuto ka ng salitang kapampangan ay makipag-lips to lips ka lagi ng kapampangan para mabilis yung pag-transfer ng kaalaman (They say the fastest way to learn the Kapampangan language is to ‘lips to lips’ kiss to be able to transfer knowledge faster),” Dela Rosa joked during the launch of the Hugpong ng Pagbabago senatorial slate in Pampanga.

But Diokno, a human rights lawyer-turned-opposition senatorial candidate, did not find the joke funny.

“Itong biro ni General Ronald Dela Rosa na paghalik daw sa babaeng Kapampangan ang pinakamabilis na paraan para matutunan ang wika nila ay tulad ng napakaraming biro ng administrasyong ito, hindi nakakatawa at hindi nakakatuwa (This joke of General Ronald Dela Rosa who said the fastest way to learn Kapampangan langauge is like a lot of jokes of the administration. It’s neither amusing nor funny),” the opposition candidate said.

Diokno called the comments “irresponsible.”

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[Statement] Atty. Chel Diokno on the approval of the 3rd reading of charter change

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Statement on the approval of the 3rd reading of charter change

Charter change or federalism is not the answer to the real problems that our people are facing. It will not bring food to their tables, jobs to the unemployed, or social justice to the underprivileged. Instead it will bring even more misery, as it will institutionalize political dynasties and create more layers of government bureaucracy. What we need is better governance, not a new form of government.

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