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By Hannah Keziah Agustin NEW YORK CITY — Members of progressive groups in the US confronted government officials who attended last week’s session at the fourth United Nations Counter-Terrorism Week (UN-CTW) from June 26 to July 2. ...
There have been 1,240 documented cases of red-tagging in 2025 which is double the amount of red-tagging incidents in 2024.
FACT’s weaponization of social media to explicitly name organizations and…individuals is a well rehearsed counterinsurgency tactic of the Philippine government.
"They are seriously twisting the rules of international humanitarian law by insisting that everyone killed was a legitimate target in a military operation."
Red-tagging is not just a smear campaign.
Echanis was once the youngest political prisoner at two years old when she was detained with her parents Randall and Linda for trumped-up charges.
She said that she was unjustly detained for five years, one month, and 12 days, describing the ordeal as traumatic.
Cumpio’s remaining charges highlighted how the government was throwing accusations against a community journalist who was just doing her job.
To vilify a lawyer for representing marginalized sectors and advocating civil liberties is an assault not only on his person but on the entire legal profession and on the people’s right to counsel
“These are not isolated acts by rogue elements. They are part of a systematic campaign to silence legitimate peasant organizing and human rights work in the countryside.”
By introducing the red-tagging document in the RTC case, NUPL stressed that the lawyer formerly associated with NTF-ELCAC may have violated provisions of the Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability (CPRA)
For the signatories of the unity statement, the struggle is not just about defunding an agency but also about reclaiming public resources for genuine social services and protecting democratic rights.
The vilification of activists, journalists, and labor organizers has become a defining feature of a government that equates criticism with subversion.
“There is no law that compels disclosure of the names of participants or delegates, especially in advocacy, humanitarian, or mission-related activities."
Despite being cleared of all charges, she remained a target of state suppression.
Khan reiterated that the essence of freedom of speech and expression is dissent and criticism, and duty-bearers should express tolerance to remarks from the media and peoples’ organizations regardless of whether they will like it or not.
Bayan Muna Canada said that Filipino overseas voters are also prone to red-tagging.
Giovanni Gabuli, who chairs the environmental group Pundok Sagop Kalikopan and works with the Bacay Fisherfolk Association, has long advocated against harmful reclamation projects affecting local communities.
Makabayan Bicol expressed alarm over the growing incidents of red-tagging, and outright threats against progressive candidates, their campaigners and supporters even with the issuance by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) of Resolution No. 1116 prohibiting acts associated with red-tagging.
Does he mean reports that there were 119 extrajudicial killings, 76 frustrated extrajudicial killings, 14 enforced disappearances, 762 political prisoners and 3,706,431 cases of threats, harassment and intimidation as of the end of 2024?”
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