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A Manila court found prominent tour guide and reproductive health advocate Carlos Celdran guilty of “offending religious feelings,” a provision of the Revised Penal Code, for his “Damaso” act in 2010. For disrupting a service at the Manila Cathedral by holding up a placard with the word “Damaso” on it, in reference to the villainous priest in Jose Rizal’s famous novel “Noli Me Tangere,” Celdran was sentenced to a prison term of not less than two months and 21 days and not more than one year, one month and 11 days. His lawyer Marlon Manuel said they will appeal the charge and cite the 1987 constitution, which guarantees free speech. Manuel noted that the last time a Filipino faced a similar case was in a trial way back in the 1930’s.
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