MANILA, Philippines — Senator Risa Hontiveros said Monday she is considering filing a bill that would criminalize red-tagging following the “cowardly crackdown” by police and military forces in separate raids over the weekend that resulted in the death ofnine activists.
In a statement, Hontiveros slammed the killings, saying that Southern Tagalog “lost nine of its community organizers because of this administration’s high level of disrespect towards basic human rights.”
“There is no denying that this scale of violence, injustice, and impunity is being perpetrated by this administration. The President’s recent televised threats of red-tagging and outright murder are unbridled huma…
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