SC Issues Writs to Protect Rights Advocates
The Philippine Supreme Court has issued writs of amparo and habeas data for four rights advocates in Negros Island, who alleged being "red-tagged" by military and law enforcement. A temporary protection order also prohibits respondents from approaching within one kilometer of the petitioners.
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