Activists assert that red-tagging or terror tagging made by government officials and other state agents endangers the lives of their colleagues, lawyers and all those who are critical of the government. Many reports have also shown that red-tagged activists were slapped with trumped-up charges, or worse get killed or disappeared.
Commission on Human Rights (CHR)
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said it has started its own probe into the reported raid of a women’s shelter in Roxas City where explosives were allegedly planted behind the curtains of a window.
Quoting a report from a women’s group GABRIELA, the CHR s
The 45-year-old activist, along with Gabriela-Roxas City’s secretary general Marivie Bartolome Arguelles and another individual, was named in a search warrant used by the members of the police to raid their shelter house for women located at Happy Homes Subdivision, Barangay Sibaguan, Roxas City.
A group of Filipino women condemned the raid conducted by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Panay on a women’s shelter in Roxas City, calling it “illegal,” “malicious,” and “nonsensical.”
(Gabriela)
Women’s group Gabriela said the raid was conducted on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022
(Photo courtesy of PNP) MANILA - Police operatives arrested a female high-value communist personality in Capiz, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported on Monday. In a statement, PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. said the suspect Lenilyn Jaynos, a non-government organization (NGO) worker, was arrested during the implementation of Oplan Paglalansag Omega" in Roxas City, Capiz at around 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 2. Jaynos was nabbed during a search warrant operation for violation of Republic Act 10591 (Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act) and RA 9516 (illegal possession of explosives). The suspect is tagged as the regional finance officer of Komiteng Rehiyon-Panay. Two of her cohorts escaped arrest and are now subjects of a manhunt operation. Seized from the suspect were several firearms, ammunition, hand grenade, black sling bag and two identification cards. "We emphasize that this operation became successful through the cooperation and support of the communit