Philippine non-profit organization
FLAG Founded October 21, 1974; 49 years ago (1974-10-21 ) at 12 Margarita St., Magallanes Village, Makati , Philippines [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Founders Jose W. Diokno Lorenzo M. Tañada J.B.L. Reyes [ 4] Joker Arroyo Headquarters Sanidad Law Office, 2nd Floor Eastside Building, 77 Malakas Street, Brgy. Pinyahan , Diliman , Quezon City , Philippines Fields human rights, legal representation, legal advice Key people
Chel Diokno (Chairperson)Ma. Soccoro Tadea I. "Cookie" Diokno (Secretary General) Arno V. Sanidad (Deputy Secretary General)Website FLAG Namati Website
The Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG ) is a nationwide organization of human rights lawyers in the Philippines .[ 5] [ 6] It was founded in 1974 by Sen . Jose W. Diokno ,[ 5] Lorenzo Tañada ,[ 7] J.B.L. Reyes ,[ 4] and Joker Arroyo [ 8] during the martial law era under former President Ferdinand Marcos .[ 9] It is the first and largest group of human rights lawyers established in the nation.[ 10] They work on countering varied abuses against human rights and civil liberties . Its current chairman since 2003 is human rights attorney Chel Diokno ,[ 11] the founding dean of the De La Salle University Tañada-Diokno School of Law .[ 12]
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^ Chua, Michael "Xiao". "Ka Pepe Diokno @100" . The Manila Times . Retrieved March 8, 2022 .
^ Manticajon, Ian (October 21, 2023). "FLAG's half a century of service for human rights and justice" .
^ a b Orentlicher, Diane F. (1985). "Lawyers under siege" . Index on Censorship . 14 (5): 38–39. doi :10.1080/03064228508533956 . S2CID 144174194 .
^ a b "Heroes and Martyrs: Diokno, Jose W." Bantayog ng mga Bayani . October 15, 2015. Archived from the original on August 5, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2019 .
^ Medina, Marielle (February 21, 2017). "IN THE KNOW: FLAG" . Philippine Daily Inquirer . Archived from the original on February 24, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2019 .
^ Clarke, Gerard (May 17, 2006). The Politics of NGOs in Southeast Asia: Participation and Protest in the Philippines . Routledge. pp. 168–169, 173. ISBN 978-1-134-69535-5 .
^ "Remembering Joker Arroyo" . Philippine Daily Inquirer . October 7, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2019 .
^ Francisco, Katerina (February 20, 2017). "Meet Lascañas' battle-tested FLAG lawyers" . Rappler . Retrieved June 18, 2020 . Founded in 1974 by the late senators Jose W. Diokno, Lorenzo Tañada Sr., and Joker Arroyo, FLAG provided free legal services to victims of martial law during the Marcos years.
^ "Faculty List" . Archived from the original on October 16, 2021. Retrieved March 21, 2022 .
^ Chiu, Patricia Denise M. "Unique killings, same language, lawyers say of drug war reports" . Philippine Daily Inquirer . Archived from the original on April 4, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2019 .
^ Lagrimas, Nicole-Anne C. (April 4, 2019). "PNP reports on drug war show similar, cut-and-paste angles –FLAG" .