The Anti-Terrorism Bill:
A Tool to Legitimize Repression and Undermine Human Rights
A Statement of Concerned Faculty and Staff of UP Manila
We, the faculty and staff of the University of the Philippines Manila, are one with the Filipino people in opposing the Anti-Terrorism Bill of 2020 which has been passed by both houses of the Philippine Congress. We firmly believe that the Anti-Terrorism Bill will be used as a tool to legitimize repression, institutionalize and intensify human rights violations in the country.
The concerns and apprehensions of various sectors of Philippine society, including the international community like the United Nations Human Rights Office (https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/06/04/world/asia/ap-as-philippines-anti-terror-law.html) and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (https://www.rappler.com/nation/262905-united-nations-report-raises-concern-problematic-philippine-anti-terror-bill) on the Anti-Terrorism Bill are well founded. These emanate from the highly questionable and problematic provisions of the bill (HB 6875), namely:
Under a government that does not tolerate criticism, vindictive in nature, authoritarian in its governance style, and that relies on State violence in addressing the country’s problems, the passage into law of the Anti-Terrorism bill, certified as urgent by the President, will surely be used by the government in silencing and crashing its critics, and suppressing dissent and opposition. The very broad definition of terrorism gives too much discretion to State authorities in defining activities deemed as “terrorist” and illegal. The proposed law is highly dangerous and subject to abuse. Any activity considered inimical to the interests, stability and security of State officials and their families could be labeled illegal.
The rights to free speech, expression and peaceful assembly, rights to association and privacy, and the right to due process will be under attack and seriously violated when the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 is in place.
We call on the members of the Philippine Congress to junk the Anti-Terrorism Bill, and instead address the country’s pressing crises of the global pandemic, hunger, poverty, and social injustice.
Junk the Anti-Terrorism Bill!
Defend human rights and a life in dignity!
UP Manila Faculty and Staff
8 June 2020
SIGNED BY:
UP Manila School of Health Sciences (UPM-SHS)
– Leyte (Main campus) / Baler, Aurora / Koronadal, South Cotabato
Prof. Filedito D. Tandinco, Dean
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