FLAG asks Guevarra to dismiss ‘Bikoy’ video raps 0 SHARES Share it! “FLAG calls upon the Secretary of Justice to immediately throw out the CIDG complaint,” the group said in a statement. Diokno, a known human rights lawyer, also ran under the Liberal Party’s Otso Diretso senatorial slate in last May’s midterm polls. “The charges are not only baseless, they are meant to silence and persecute human rights lawyers, opposition leaders, and the Church, and to send a message to anyone who dares to criticize this administration,” it added. Last Thursday, the PNP-CIDG filed the criminal complaint which accused 35 respondents of sedition, inciting to sedition, cyber libel, libel, estafa, harboring of a criminal and obstruction of justice.

Source: Manila Bulletin July 20, 2019 07:41 UTC