MANILA, Philippines — The Asian Human Rights Commission based in Hong Kong has joined over 100 foreign organizations, religious groups, and individuals in seeking the intervention of the Philippines’ two highest justice officials in protecting activists and human rights workers from the dangerous effects of red-tagging.
In a letter dated June 7, the groups called on Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo and Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra to break the “alarming and ongoing pattern of criminalization and violence” against human rights defenders by improving Philippine court processes.
They said court-issued search and arrest warrants had been used by state forces to detain, harass, …
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