By MA. ANGELICA GARCIA, GMA News
Published May 2, 2021 6:08pm
Editors and reporters of news organizations around the country have joined calls for the Supreme Court to strike down provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020.
In a statement on Sunday, the Freedom for Media, Freedom for All (FMFA) Network, which is composed of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR), National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), MindaNews, Philippine Press Institute, and the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), questioned Section 9 of the ATA titled "Inciting to Commit Terrorism."
"Section 9 of the ATA proscribes speech, proclamations, writings, emblems, and banners that fall under the new crime of 'inciting to terrorism,' imposing a penalty of 12 years in prison," the FMFA said.