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Former priest and activist shot dead in Philippines
Left-wing groups accuse govt of executing Rustico Tan while he slept at his home
Rustico Tan, 80, was murdered while sleeping in a hammock at his home in Cebu on May 28. (Photo supplied)
A former priest and chief negotiator for a Philippine rebel group has been shot dead at his home in Cebu province, police said.
Rustico Tan, 80, was shot several times while he slept in a hammock at his home in the town of Pilar in the central Philippines on May 28.
Tan left the priesthood several decades ago and joined the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), a coalition of left-wing groups.
Solons seek to criminalize red-tagging
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
MANILA – Lawmakers in the lower house filed a counterpart measure seeking to criminalize public officials, employees or their agents for red-tagging.
Nine lawmakers filed on May 24 House Bill 9437, which seeks the imprisonment for up to six years and perpetual absolute disqualification to hold public office for those who will be found guilty of red-tagging.
Filed by members of the Makabayan bloc, Quezon City Congressman Jose Christopher Belmonte, Albay Congressman Edcel Lagman and La Union Congressman Pablo Ortega, the bill that red-tagging by public officials and their agents “brings about chilling effect and poses a great danger to the people’s Constitutional right to freedom of expression and the right to political belief without fear of prosecution.”
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ATC ‘terror list’ poses greater danger, chilling effect on critics
Activists hold a protest near the Supreme Court during the Feb. 2 oral arguments on Anti-Terror Law. (Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat)Karapatan called the ATC a ‘copy-paste’ of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) that ‘incites violence’ now legitimized by the Anti-Terror Law.
By ARNETH ASIDDAO
MANILA Activists, lawyers and human rights advocates warned about the implications of the Anti-Terrorism Council’s (ATC) designation of 19 individuals as terrorists on Wednesday.
Gen. Debold Sinas’s term was characterized by raids using what human rights groups labeled as “defective, copy-paste warrants.” These operations resulted in killings and arrests of farmers, indigenous peoples, and human rights defenders.