EXPERTS on the Constitution, human rights lawyers, and several associations of law students on Thursday launched the legal alliance “Manlaban” to coordinate the different legal challenges to extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations under President Rodrigo Duterte. Aside from their individual and organizational legal service programs, the group is pushing the advocacy for human rights by holding forums nationwide and helping in the training of paralegal volunteers. “Extrajudicial killings have not worked before and will never work now,” Manlaban said. “Human rights have no color,” Tañada said in response to a question about Duterte’s claim of a “Yellow-Red” conspiracy. We do not fear these accusations.”“Our records speak for us,” said Olalia, adding the group’s members had consistently fought for human rights since the rule of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

Source: The Standard November 02, 2017 15:00 UTC