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IN PHOTOS: SONA 2020 protests around the Philippines
Youth organizations and progressive groups protested President Rodrigo Duterte's fifth State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 27.
Protesters assembled near Philcoa and joined the SONAgkaisa rally at UP Diliman, observing health protocols due to the pandemic.
Key demands included mass testing, financial and work assistance, abolition of the Anti-Terror Law, and defense of press freedom.
ABS-CBN workers and supporters also protested for press freedom before joining the larger rally.
Sectoral groups nationwide protested, citing over 80,000 COVID-19 cases as of July 26 and condemning the Anti-Terrorism Law, non-renewal of ABS-CBN franchise, and human rights violations.
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