MANILA, Philippines — The Anti-Terrorism Council’s designation of individuals as “terrorists” without evidence and due process was a rights violation, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) Secretary-General Renato Reyes Jr. said Thursday.
“The designation is arbitrary, has no clear standards, with no evidence presented and no specific terrorist acts cited,” he said in a statement.
In two separate resolutions, the Anti-Terrorism Council identified 19 alleged leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People’s Army, as well as 10 alleged members of the Abu Sayyaf Group as “terrorists.”
Reyes said the designation was “just a sweeping accusation, no different f…
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