MANILA, Philippines — A lawyers’ group on Sunday demanded that Army Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. be fired for red-tagging and threatening the security of many, including an INQUIRER.net reporter.
The Concerned Lawyers for Civil Liberties (CLCL) condemned Parlade’s tirades against reporter Tetch Torres-Tupas over a story on two Aeta men who filed a petition before the Supreme Court against the antiterror law, saying they were victims of illegal arrest and torture by Army soldiers.
“This attack on members of the media for alleged spreading ‘lies’ and propaganda against the terror law, only further chills the people’s right to freedom of expression and is an attack on our constituti…
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