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                    [ArticleID] => 1540391
                    [Title] => Free speech online should not include incitement to violence
                    [Summary] => 

Following the Charlie Hebdo attacks in France, it became popular to cite George Bernard Shaw’s famous words: “Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.”

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-07 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1513125 [Title] => Philippines joins 18 countries seeking abolition of capital punishment [Summary] =>

The Philippines and 18 other countries are calling for the worldwide abolition of capital punishment.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-20 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1509815 [Title] => Lawyer hopes Noy won’t suffer GMA fate [Summary] =>

Human rights lawyer Harry Roque is hoping President Aquino will not suffer the fate of his predecessor, detained Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, when he steps down from office in June 2016.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-11 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1503133 [Title] => DOJ orders probe of alleged NBI profiling of ‘Muslim Type’ suspect [Summary] =>

Justice Secretary Leila De Lima instructed the National Bureau of Investigation to probe the reported use of sketch labeled “Muslim Type” by the NBI Western Mindanao.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-23 04:49:54 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804517 [AuthorName] => Rosette Adel [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20141001/DOJ-criminal-code.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1496529 [Title] => Poe seeks review of investments in network services [Summary] =>

There should be a review of the government’s existing infrastructure and investments in network services to find ways to improve Internet speed in the country, Sen. Grace Poe said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-05 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1484931 [Title] => Libel ipa-decriminalize [Summary] =>

Giawhag sa hunta probinsiyal sa Sugbo ang Kongreso mopalabang og balaudnon alang sa pag-decriminalize sa kaso’ng libelo. Si Bokal Arleigh Sitoy nga nangamahan sa resolusyon sa mao’ng awhag niingon nga ang mao’ng balaud giabusohan.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-05 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096555 [AuthorName] => Brenda Batuto [SectionName] => Banat Balita [SectionUrl] => balita [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1485168 [Title] => PB calls for lighter penalty on libel [Summary] =>

The Cebu Provincial Board is calling on the House of Representatives Committee on Revision of Laws to consider sponsoring a measure that would seek to decriminalize libel or provide a more lenient penalty for it.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-05 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1519751 [AuthorName] => Michael Vencynth H. Braga/ATO [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1432700 [Title] => Clooney case irks De Lima [Summary] =>

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima is not at all fascinated with international human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin-Clooney, wife of Hollywood actor George Clooney.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1431958 [Title] => Charges vs GMA politically motivated – Clooney [Summary] =>

Actor George Clooney’s lawyer wife believes the government is persecuting former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150310/Clooney-7.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1431539 [Title] => Clooney’s wife wants Philippine government to apologize to GMA [Summary] =>

The lawyer wife of actor George Clooney has asked the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) to call on the Philippine government to issue a public apology for violating the rights of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/entertainment/20140711/amal-alamuddin-ap.jpg ) ) )
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