MANILA, Philippines — Rights lawyers, journalists, internet rights advocates and law professors on Monday trooped to the Supreme Court to join the legal fight against the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020.
Center for International Law (CenterLaw) led the group of petitioners in asking the high court to issue a temporary restraining order to prohibit the government from implementing the law and strike down the entirety of Republic Act 11479 as unconstitutional.
CenterLaw is joined by Foundation for Media Alternatives, Democracy.Net.Ph, VERAFiles Inc. and Lyceum of the Philippines University College of Law in filing the petition.
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