In this Oct. 27, 2020 photo, members of national women's alliance Gabriela stage a protest rally at the Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City denouncing red-tagging and to junk the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020.MANILA, Philippines — Human rights organizations called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to end the practice of red-tagging and abolish the government task force notorious for vilifying activists and critics as fighters or supporters of the country’s communist insurgency.
The human rights groups also called for the abolition of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict . Since its establishment in 2018 during the Duterte administration, the task force has persistently red-tagged activists, indigenous leaders, and journalists. The ruling, penned by Associate Justice Rodil Zalameda, stemmed from a petition filed by Siegfred Deduro, an activist and former representative of the Bayan Muna party-list. Deduro said the military had accused him of being a ranking member of the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People’s Army.
The Department of Education will cut the prescribed minimum of 180 school days for the coming school year 2024-2025 by 15... In a 39-page decision dated July 4, 2023, the high court declared that associating red-tagging and guilt by association...
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