[Urgent Appeal] Harassment and red-tagging of Jeric B. Doblon, a human rights defender, activist, and ABANTE KABATAAN Chairperson – TFDP

Dear friends, Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) writes to inform you about the alleged harassment and red-tagging of Jeric B. Doblon, a human rights defender, activist, and ABANTE KABATAAN Chairperson. CASE DETAILS: A human rights defender, ABANTE KABATAAN chairperson and activist was allegedly harassed and red-tagged by police from Borongan City Police Station…

[Statement] Reported revocation of PAHRA SEC registration a gag order – iDEFEND

Government propaganda machine Philippine News Agency is misleading the public and falsely reported that PAHRA’s operation as NGO is illegal because its Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registration has been revoked. In its continuing attack on civil society, the Duterte administration, now through the SEC named PAHRA along with other human rights and sectoral organizations…

[in the news] Missionaries ignore threats as they aid poor Filipinos Rural Missionaries of the Philippines say they will ‘rise to the challenge’ and not be deterred -UCAN news

A starving child crawling to an empty pot in the middle of a temporary shelter while its mother looks on helplessly is a scene that Muy (not his real name) constantly encounters in his work. Scenes like this prompted the young nurse from the northern part of the country to work as a lay missionary…

[Statement] Solidarity Statement for Rural Missionaries of the Philippines! -AMRSP

PEACE BE TO THIS COUNTRY We, the Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines, an association of 327 religious congregations in the Philippines, strongly condemn the continued barrage of malicious allegations made on the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines and other human rights and sectoral organizations, by some leaders of the government and the…

[In the news] More Philippine church leaders, rights workers on ‘red list’ -UCAN news

More Philippine church leaders, rights workers on ‘red list’ The “red-tagging” of church leaders and activists has intensified with priests of the Philippine Independent Church included on a new list of people alleged to have ties with communist rebels. Aside from the priests, the list also included the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines, the Alliance…

[Statement] RED TAGGING: Hands off NUJP-Cagayan de Oro member Cong Corrales and family -NUJP

RED TAGGING: Hands off NUJP-Cagayan de Oro member Cong Corrales and family February 22, 2019 The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines deplores the inclusion of our member and former director Cong Corrales, his wife and son in an anonymous list naming alleged members of the Communist Party of the Philippines in Cagayan de…

[In the news] PNP monitors school orgs amid alleged leftist recruitment -GMAnews

PNP monitors school orgs amid alleged leftist recruitment The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday said it is monitoring some school organizations amid the alleged recruitment of the communist rebels among the students in some state colleges and universities. In Mariz Umali’s report on State of the Nation with Jessica Soho, a former rebel who…

[From the web] Tabloids link NUJP to CPP-NPA-NDF -CMFR

Tabloids link NUJP to CPP-NPA-NDF CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Three Manila-based tabloids published similar banner stories on 7 January 2019 linking the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), the New People’s Army (NPA), and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). The NUJP said it was…

[In the news] Paranoia? Government lists in PH proven to be dangerous to lives -ABS-CBN.com

Paranoia? Government lists in PH proven to be dangerous to lives President Rodrigo Duterte’s legal adviser, Salvador Panelo, charged the 180,000-strong Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) of “paranoia” following the exposé of a Philippine National Police (PNP) intelligence program aimed at an “inventory” of the militant union’s nationwide membership. Panelo trotted out the trite line,…

[From the web] Artist group organizing film screenings in schools slams ‘red-tagging’ -DAKILA

Artist group organizing film screenings in schools slams ‘red-tagging’ DAKILA, the artist-activist group behind the Active Vista Human Rights Film Festival, condemns the ‘red-tagging’ of the Duterte administration of schools, youth, artists and groups organizing Martial Law-themed film screenings. DAKILA, a group known to organize film screenings complemented with discussions on social messages of the…

[In the news] Kibungan folks assail NPA tag by mine firm – baguiomidlandcourier.com.ph

by Jimmy Laking Source: http://baguiomidlandcourier.com.ph Barangay officials and community residents of Palina in Kibungan, Benguet have denounced a statement attributed to a mining company that tended to link villagers to the rebel group New People’s Army. “This is damaging to the integrity and reputation of the community,” the officials said in a resolution addressed to…

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