Philippines: Dangerous ‘Red-Tagging’ of Labor Leaders
This sinister and at times deadly practice, known as “red-tagging,” has become a serious threat to labor rights in the Philippines.
This sinister and at times deadly practice, known as “red-tagging,” has become a serious threat to labor rights in the Philippines.
Noong unang bahagi ng Marso, nag-host ang National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) sa CALABARZON ng isang orientation para sa mga empleyado ng gobyerno upang mapigilan sila sa pagsali sa mga grupo tulad ng Kilusang Mayo Uno at Alliance of Concerned Teachers. Pagkatapos ng kaganapan, ang mga dumalo ay binigyan ng isang polyeto na nagsasabing, bukod sa iba pang mga bagay, ang red-tagging ay isang terminong likha ng "communist terrorist groups" (CTG). Ito ay hindi totoo.
Red-tagging is the “vilification, labeling or guilt by association” involving “the characterization of most groups on the left of the political spectrum as “front organizations” for armed groups whose aim is to destroy democracy.”
Baseless and unproven accusations linking prominent political figures to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its military arm, the New People’s Army (NPA), continue circulating online two years after the controversial Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020 took effect.
Mga walang basehan at hindi napatunayang akusasyon na nag-uugnay sa mga kilalang personalidad sa pulitika sa Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) at armadong grupo nito, ang New People's Army (NPA), ay patuloy na kumakalat online dalawang taon matapos magkabisa ang kontrobersyal na Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) ng 2020.
Fearing for their lives and security, two pastors and a lay leader of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) accused of being members of the New People’s Army (NPA) filed a petition for a writ of amparo before the Supreme Court on Monday against soldiers assigned to the 59th Infantry “Protector” Battalion in Bataan.
Press freedom in the Philippines does not fare better than Singapore and Malaysia, according to the Paris-based World Press Freedom Index of Reporters Without Borders.
Iginiit na "hindi patas" ang ginawa ng Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) ng United Nations na ipahayag ang kanilang mga alalahanin sa mga ulat ng mga paglabag sa karapatang pantao sa bansa, kabilang ang pagkakapatay sa mamamahayag na si Percy Lapid, maling iginiit ni Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri na ang Pilipinas ay may “napakamalayang media” kumpara sa mga bansang tulad ng Malaysia, Singapore at Vietnam.
Sa ika-136 na sesyon ng United Nations Human Rights Committee sa Geneva noong Oktubre 10, binigyang-katwiran ni Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla ang red-tagging ng gobyerno sa mga kritiko na pinaniniwalaan nilang nakikiisa sa Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA). Ito ay nakaliligaw.
During the 136th session of the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva on Oct. 10, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla justified red-tagging by government of critics who they believe to be sympathetic to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA). This is misleading.