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Rights group leader served arrest warrant by cop disguised as delivery man
The warrant is served despite the rights leader already obtaining a recall order since April
Olongapo court clears teacher over post on reward to kill Duterte
Olongapo City Regional Trial Court Branch 72 Judge Richard Paradeza junks the Department of Justice case and says that an extrajudicial confession is inadmissible. He also rules that intelligence information is not sufficient to do a warrantless arrest.
[PODCAST] Ang mga problemang dulot ng warrantless arrests
Bakit tila ang due process ay para sa mga kakampi lamang ng Duterte administration?

Central Luzon police arrest No. 1 most wanted in Zambales
The suspect, whom police reports say operates as medic and supply officer of the rebel New People's Army, is also among the top 10 most wanted in Central Luzon

Cops round up people in Manila based on spurious window hour advisory
The window hour advisory is disowned by the PNP and the IAFT Saturday night, March 21
DOJ: Police can arrest violators of Luzon lockdown even if they do not resist
The government turns to a broad law to justify this policy: RA 11332 or the Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases which punishes 'non-cooperation'
Arrest warrant issued for South Africa ex-president Zuma
But the South African court says the execution of the warrant will be deferred until May 6 when the case is due to resume

Tokyo prosecutors obtain arrest warrant for Ghosn's wife
Carlos Ghosn's wife Carole, 53, is now believed to be in Lebanon with her husband

Australia slams China's 'unacceptable' treatment of jailed writer
In an unusually frank statement, Australia's foreign minister Marise Payne says she is 'very concerned by reports from a recent consular visit to Australian citizen Dr Yang Hengjun'

Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers arrested as tensions soar
They face up to a year in jail if convicted
Citing legit warrants, DILG says no crackdown on militant groups
Department of the Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya says it's the police's job 'to monitor communist groups'

Crackdown? Same QC judge issues warrants vs 58 activists in Manila, Bacolod
Bayan Muna calls on the Supreme Court to review if the actions of Quezon City Executive Judge Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert followed proper procedures
PDEA Northern Mindanao nabs Bukidnon public school teacher in drug bust
Law enforcers arrest Grade 9 teacher in a buy-bust operation

PNP: Warrantless arrests 'applicable' if GCTA releases revoked
'These convicts will be treated as fugitives from justice,' says Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde

Davao journalist arrested for owning unlicensed gun
Journalists in Mindanao say they want to defend themselves but legally owning a gun is difficult because of the island-wide martial law. They say: 'If we try to defend ourselves, we go to jail. If we do not, we die.'

U.S. arrests 1,700 'online child sex offenders' in two-month operation
The US justice department says the 'Broken Heart' operation of April and May targeted people who make and distribute child pornography, as well as those who receive and download it

London police arrest 5 teens over attack vs lesbian couple
The teenagers are suspected of ganging up on a lesbian couple for refusing to kiss each other for entertainment

Woman arrested for bomb joke at LRT 1 station
If found guilty, the woman faces imprisonment of up to 5 years and fines of up to P40,000

Assange lawyers file 'extortion' complaint in Spain court
Spanish media reports say 4 Spaniards have videos and personal documents of Julian Assange

Ghosn wins bail in Japan but banned from seeing wife
(UPDATED) Under the conditions of his bail, Carlos Ghosn must stay in Japan and must live in a court-appointed residence with cameras to monitor his movements amid fears he might try to destroy evidence

China formally arrests ex-Interpol chief
Prosecutors 'decided to arrest Meng Hongwei on suspicion of accepting bribes,' the Supreme People's Procuratorate says in a brief statement

Assange will cooperate with Sweden, but fight U.S. warrant – lawyer
'The key issue at the moment is United States extradition, which we have warned about for many years,' lawyer Jennifer Robinson says

Assange's father calls on Australia to bring him home
John Shipton says he was shocked to see the state of his son Julian Assange when the latter was arrested in London

Assange held in London jail ahead of long legal fight
(UPDATED) A legal source familiar with the case tells Agence France-Presse that Julian Assange is being held at Belmarsh prison in southeast London

Quito withdraws Assange's Ecuador citizenship
(UPDATED) Foreign Minister Jose Valencia says the Ecuadoran government withdrew the citizenship it had granted Assange in 2017 'due to various irregularities found in his paperwork'

Timeline of WikiLeaks founder's Ecuadoran stay
Julian Assange has been living at Ecuador's embassy in London's plush Knightsbridge district since 2012

Assange arrested in London on U.S. extradition request
(3rd UPDATE) Footage shot by the Russian video news agency Ruptly shows a frantic-looking Julian Assange being huddled out of the building by burly men in suits and pulled into one of two waiting police vans

Tales of 3 cities: family feuds, blurred lines and old vs new
Sibling rivalry in Makati, challenging a 50 year old dynasty in San Juan and the Belmontes go after Duterte loyalists

Brazil's ex-president Michel Temer arrested in 'Car Wash' probe
(UPDATED) The investigation into Temer has uncovered 'the existence of a criminal organization in full operation, involved in concrete acts of clear gravity,' the federal prosecutor's office says

Fish ball vendor jailed for 'harassing' Chief Justice kin
The vendor is accused of harassing the daughter-in-law of Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin after she refused to buy fish balls

[OPINION | Newspoint] Where there’s a sitting judge there’s justice
Press freedom is not automatically proved alive by the ability of the press to exercise its democratic right to publish without state interference; true proof lies in what happens to the press after exercising that right.

[OPINION | NEWSPOINT] The ambush of Maria Ressa
Show her up to be vulnerable, subdue her, and a chill probably goes around enough to help ease the way for the authoritarian rule he has been itching to impose. Well, knowing Maria Ressa, she’s not one easily subdued.

'Truth will set you free': Schools hit arrest of Rappler CEO Maria Ressa
(4th UPDATE) Ateneo de Manila University president Father Ramon Jose Villarin, De La Salle Philippines president Brother Armin Luistro, and UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan issue statements of support

Rappler statement on Maria Ressa’s arrest: ‘We will continue to tell the truth’
If this is another of several attempts to intimidate us, it will not succeed, as past attempts have shown. Maria Ressa and Rappler will continue to do our jobs as journalists.

'Yellow vest' leader Eric Drouet arrested
Eric Drouet – who already faces a trial for carrying a weapon – is held while heading for the Champs-Elysees, according to a police source

U.S, Canada promise due process for arrested Chinese executive
China asserts that the two countries overstepped their authority during the arrest and that Huawei's chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou is innocent

Davao City court issues 4 arrest warrants vs Trillanes
Judge Melinda Alconcel-Dayanghirang of the Davao City Regional Trial Court Branch 54 issues warrants of arrest for each libel complaint filed by presidential son Paolo Duterte and his brother-in-law Manases Carpio

Trillanes on arrest warrant: ‘Baliktad ang hustisya sa gobyerno ni Duterte’
'Ang mga mandarambong ay pinalaya na. Ang mga kritiko naman ay gagawan ng kaso para pilit na maikulong,' says Senator Antonio Trillanes IV who is ordered arrested on the same day former senator Bong Revilla is acquitted of plunder

Metro Manila police chief asks Davao cops to 'LBC' Trillanes arrest warrant
Metro Manila police chief Guillermo Eleazar has also ordered local cops to monitor Senator Antonio Trillanes IV

Davao City court orders arrest of Trillanes
Judge Melinda Alconcel Dayanghirang issues the warrant of arrest against the senator in connection with the libel case filed by presidential son Paolo Duterte

Imelda Saga: Will she go to jail or not?
Because she has been convicted, bail is no longer a matter of right, but discretionary upon the court. Rules 114 and 120 come into play in the question of whether or not Imelda Marcos can post bail.

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Trillanes appeals Makati court's arrest warrant, hold departure order
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV says Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 should properly hear the factual issues of his case

2nd Makati court defers decision on Trillanes arrest
(3rd UPDATE) Makati RTC branch 148 has set another hearing on October 5, lawyer Rey Robles confirms

Trillanes says he has no special request if jailed
The mutineer-turned-senator says he will surrender to authorities when the time comes: 'We are prepared for the worst. Yayakapin ko 'yang eventuality na 'yan.'
Groups on Trillanes arrest: Part of crackdown on gov't critics
The arrest of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV sends a chilling effect among other critics of the Duterte administration, says Human Rights Watch

Only SC can decide on military trial for Trillanes – Lacson
Senator Lacson also says President Duterte continues to enjoy the support of the military

Trillanes to remain in the Senate after posting bail
'I was advised not to go home yet...to wait for the ruling of Branch 148,' says opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV

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EXPLAINER: Why Judge Alameda disregarded affidavits in Trillanes case
A military officer swears under oath that she received, accepted, and processed Trillanes’ amnesty application, but Judge Alameda says it’s a substitute document that has no probative value