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US report: Red-tagging...
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In August, the Department of Justice charged 16 members of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines with financing communist insurgent groups.
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“The Marcos administration’s position on red-tagging was unclear,” the report noted.
It also cited former National Security Advisor Clarita Carlos for condemning the practice in a June statement, saying, “Let’s stop red-tagging because it is not productive.”
Justice Secretary Crispin Remulla, however, dismissed the criticisms as he told the United Nations Universal Periodic
Review of human rights in November that red-tagging is “used when a person belonging to a civil society organization is criticized for the work they’re doing as being related to the persons who commit criminal acts in our country.”
The State Department also noted civil society groups’ showing concern over the implementation of the AntiTerrorism Act of 2020, which they said contributed to redtagging and was prone to abuse.
In April, responding to petitions filed by NGOs and opposition lawmakers, the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the law’s definition of terrorism,
