CEBU CITY –– They may have spent 72 hours in jail. ADVERTISEMENTUP Cebu student Joahanna Veloso, 22, who was among those arrested, said they did not have regrets in holding a demonstration to express their grievances against the controversial anti-terrorism bill. “(In fact), we are working on yet another protest,” she said in a virtual press conference on Tuesday, May 9. Veloso and her seven companions were released from detention past 6 p.m. on June 8, three days after they were arrested for holding a rally against the anti-terrorism bill outside the UP Cebu campus. Executive Judge Jenelyn Forrosuelo of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities Branch 4 in Cebu City ordered the release of the “Cebu 8” after the Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office elevated the charges to the court.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 09, 2020 10:07 UTC