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AN inflammatory anti-Islamic film was screened at one of the Philippines' top universities on Friday, defying a ban imposed by school officials who did not want it shown for security reasons.
Harry Roque, a prominent human rights lawyer and lecturer at the state-run University of the Philippines in Manila, said he had screened the "Innocence of Muslims" as a demonstration of freedom of expression.
"As an academic, as a lawyer, I cannot allow rights to be infringed upon. I am in perfect discharge of my duties as a law professor and I'm willing to take whatever consequence," he told reporters.
The movie was screened in a classroom as part of Roque's constitutional law class on freedom of speech and went off without incident despite the university's ban and rumours of a bomb threat.
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Harry Roque, a prominent human rights lawyer and lecturer at the state-run University of the Philippines in Manila, said he had screened the "Innocence of Muslims" as a demonstration of freedom of expression.
"As an academic, as a lawyer, I cannot allow rights to be infringed upon. I am in perfect discharge of my duties as a law professor and I'm willing to take whatever consequence," he told reporters.
The movie was screened in a classroom as part of Roque's constitutional law class on freedom of speech and went off without incident despite the university's ban and rumours of a bomb threat.
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