Comment on Lawyer who petitioned against Anti-Terror Act stabbed with screwdriver by SC urged to intervene attacks vs counsels, petitioners of anti-terrorism law - OS.Report

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DAVAO CITY, Philippines – A human rights lawyer who is among the co-counsel of a petition to the Supreme Court against the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 was stabbed in the head on Wednesday March 3, prompting colleagues to raise concern. Doctors had removed the screwdriver that lodged into his head and is now stable, according to NUPL Thursday. Guillen serves as co-counsel in the Supreme Court petition filed by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) against the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. Another co-counsel, Atty. They condemned such attacks made more intense by the government’s anti-communist task force spokesperson Gen. Antonio Parlade against lawyers and groups questioning the legality of the law.