Duterte Tightens the Screws on Civil Liberties
‘Anti-terrorism’ law starts to call up Marcos recollections, and not in a good way
The Philippines appears likely to descend further toward the authoritarianism that marked the 21-year-reign of the strongman Ferdinand Marcos with the predicted signing of anti-terrorism legislation that has met astonishingly widespread domestic and international objection.
The bill was transmitted to the president’s desk over the objection of oppositio…
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