MANILA, Philippines – Legal experts, civil society organizations, and sectoral groups gather in an international forum on Friday, February 21, to tackle how the law is being used to muzzle democratic dissent.
The International Forum on Lawfare: Weaponizing the Law vs Democratic Dissent will be held at the Teresa Yuchengco Auditorium in De La Salle University in Manila, where experts and various groups would discuss the implications of"lawfare" – described as the perversion of the law and its weaponization as a tool to silence dissent.
The forum is organized by De La Salle University, Alternative Law Groups, Human Rights and People’s Empowerment Center, and Committee for the Freedom of Leila de Lima, in partnership with online news site Rappler. There will also be simultaneous breakout sessions in the whole-day event that puts the spotlight on lawfare and its relation to law practice, media, the political opposition, civil and political rights, religion and economic, and social and cultural rights with subsections including women, youth, and LGBT. There will also be sessions on labor, the urban poor, and agriculture.
The phenomenon of lawfare is known globally. The Inter-Parliamentary Union Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians dealt with a total of 564 cases of human rights violations against parliamentarians from 43 countries in 2018 – twice the figure recorded in 2013. The cases are mostly in Asia and the Americas.The Philippines has also witnessed state weaponization of the law against activists, journalists, and opposition leaders, more recently under President Rodrigo Duterte.
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The world has already realized the importance of resisting CCPChina infiltration in light of the coronavirus. HongKongers are fighting for the well-being of the world.
HongKongProtesters lead the democratic world in the fightforFreedom vs CCP. Youngsters such as Joshua awakes very early on & inspires not just fellow HKers, but the rest of the world in joining the resistance.
HongKongers stand up to show the world our determination to fight for democracy against such a tyranny. We hope to warn the world about the infiltration of the CCP. Dont ever let your country fall into Xi Jinping’s dirty hands! World. We need your help! StandWithHongKong
Great speech! It’s a shame that Joshua couldn’t be present on the forum. Hong Kong government and CCP just hate him a lot and don’t want him to spread the truth. HongKong HongKongers
Stay strong joshuawongcf
Japan, Taiwan and Korea are also Asian countries that influenced by ancient Chinese culture as Hong Kong did, but they all have democracy now, after struggled for years, I believe Hong Kong can also have our own democracy
CCP is violating human’s rights which can be seen by coronavirus and the recent situation of Hong Kong... The world should take the action promptly.
Pls StandWithHongKong and no time to waste. Pls support the bewateract and MagnitskyAct to stop the aggression of totalitarianism to the world.
No matter what, people of Hong Kong hv already waken up and will not stop our battle against tyranny. It is equally important for all nations who cherish universal values to stand in solidarity on this fight against CCP. StandWithHongKong Democracy Freedom
Democracy is being attacked in nations but they choose to ignore it
Indeed. Wuhan coronavirus perfectly shows importance of international solidarity to fight against the autocracy. If Communist China doesn’t suppresses freedom of speech & press+downplays severity of COVID2019, the epidemic wouldn’t have became so widespread around the world.
China is an example of showing how ridiculous of communism is. This is why universal suffrage is important to the world.
It’s a battle between Democracy&Dictatorship. Hongkongers are just the frontliner fighting against CCP, but its threat is GLOBAL. Many of us have sacrificed but HKPoliceBrutality will not stop us to FightForFreedom. Please StandWithHongKong to defeat totalitarianism tgt!
Thank you so much Joshua.
Thank you Joshua for his inspiring speech. The future of Hong Kong still depends on the international situations, but in any case I am proud of the HongKongProtesters, who are so determined to fight for freedom❤️ StandWithHongKong
China is destroying world order, as shown in our international city Hong Kong. The world must act, before concentration camps, arbitrary detention, brutality, media control, suppression on freedom, Chinese infiltration, mass surveillance all become part of our daily living.
How can the world just watches the fire burning brighter and brighter across the river, without taking any concrete action? The int'l community can't let an international trade center fall into the hands of the communists so easily. UNIVERSALSUFFRAGE
NO WAY
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