please please please I beg you PLEASE, take a few minutes to look through this post. It won’t be much long, I promise.
On 9th July, a bill called the Anti-terrorism Bill will be passed in the Philippines, but don’t let the name of the bill fool you. The bill, as quoted, “is declared a policy of the State to protect life, liberty, and property from terrorism, to condemn terrorism as inimical and dangerous to the national security of the country and to the welfare of the people, and to make any terrorism a crime against the Filipino people, against humanity, and against the law of nations “. The bill is extremely alarming because:
1. It enables the government to secretly overhear your conversations or observe your activities, which is a breach of privacy
2. It enables warrantless arrest. You can literally be arrested anytime at all, even if you didn’t commit a crime.
3. It lets the government arrest anyone who is suspected of being a terrorist and thus silences the voices of the people who is unhappy with the government. It steals their freedom of speech.
Heck, it doesn’t even need President Duterte to sign it for it to lapse into the law.
What can you do to help?
1. Educate yourself.
Here’s some sites you can use to educate yourself with, they’re not very long:
-https://junkterrorbill.carrd.co/
-https://www.wheninmanila.com/a-brief-explainer-on-what-the-anti-terror-bill-is/
-https://philippineslifestyle.com/quick-facts-what-is-anti-terror-bill/
2. Send email protests.
It’s super crucial if you, an outsider, do this because people living in the Philippines can potentially get arrested for doing this. You can also send social media protests. Here’s some sites.
-https://junkterrorbill.netlify.app/
-https://junkterrorbill.netlify.app/socmed/
Here’s a website you can use to make burner email addresses so you won’t be in risk.
-https://www.trash-mail.com/compose-mail/
3. Boost the anti-terror bill tag!!! Boost your voices!!
Get it trending again!! Share this with your family and friends!! Reblog this post!! Please, it won’t take much of your time. If you have time to yell at strangers over unpopular opinions or watch 15+ min Youtube videos, you have time to help out. If a 14 year old kid can help, you, someone much older can definitely help too.
Please, for the sake of our family and friends in the Philippines whose freedom of speech are at risk.
4. Sign petitions!!
-https://t.co/KHyw7TzveA?amp=1
-https://www.change.org/p/junk-anti-terror-bill-2020
-https://www.change.org/p/junk-the-anti-terrorism-bill-and-uphold-human-rights
-https://www.change.org/p/people-of-cavite-demands-legislators-to-vote-no-to-anti-terror-bill
-https://www.change.org/p/urge-neg-occ-congressmen-to-withdraw-their-yes-votes-on-the-anti-terror-bill
Edit: It has been signed by President Duterte.
https://twitter.com/rapplerdotcom/status/1278990343191617536?s=20
Edit 2: Added petitions
Okay this needs notes can you please try to reblog if you can
Uh oh, the Philippines is becoming America
