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Senate Resolution (SR) 599, filed by Sen. Risa Hontiveros, seeks to attain justice for the Sancelans and other victims of unlawful and vigilante killings.
The resolution, which also aims to restore law and order in the country, was also signed by Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon, Ralph G. Recto, Richard J. Gordon, Nancy Binay, Joel Villanueva, Francis ‘’Kiko’’ Pangilinan, and Leila de Lima.
“At a time of the biggest health crisis the country has ever seen, I am alarmed that this anti-communist agenda reigned over the literal health and survival of the Filipino people. Dr. Sancelan and her husband are only few of the victims of a failing and senseless red-tagging campaign hellbent on crippling our democracy. This attack is only one of the many horrific killings in the country, legitimized by an administration that has distorted the meaning of human rights,” Hontiveros said.
Consequence of red-tagging
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Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid
A most disturbing pre-Christmas event that occurred on International Human Rights Day last December 10,and on the second day of the 2020 World Press Freedom conference, was the arrest of Lady Ann “Icy” Salem in Mandaluyong for alleged illegal possession of firearms and explosive. Icy is a journalist for Manila Today and the international communications officer at the International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) which has national chapters in 14 countries of the world, including the Philippines.
In a video following her inquest proceedings, she said in Filipino: “We had our backs turned for an hour while the “evidence” was being planted.” As IAWRT Philippines said, “this is an irrational accusation against a journalist who has used her platform to amplify stories of the oppressed, and expose injustices, and a communications officer of a global network of women communicators.”