IRENE KHAN: Red-tagging remains common under Marcos
“The practice is not new. State forces have practiced it for decades and was intensified, online and offline, under the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte, especially with the creation of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).”
The NTF-ELCAC as culprit in red-tagging
“Many have pointed their fingers at the state agency, the NTF-ELCAC either as the culprit or the instigator, but also to the military, state security officials, senior government officials, and some media outlets.”
Gawa-gawang kaso’t dahas, kambal na mukha ng pasismo ng Estado
Ang kasong ito ay isa lamang sa mga ligal na maniobra ng paggamit ng Estado sa mga batas para kahit paano ay mapigilan ang mga aktibista sa pagtataguyod ng mga karapatan ng mamamayan at sa paglalantad ng kabulukan ng Estado.
Khan: NTF-ELCAC harmful to peace talks efforts
Khan said the NTF-ELCAC is “outdated” and stressed that “does not take into account the ongoing prospects for peace negotiations.”
ABS-CBN workers and Irene Khan
“Most painful of all, there were cases of employee deaths due to heart attacks after learning that they were included in the massive lay-offs…” Villanueva said before suddenly stopping as he started sobbing.
As we were saying, Irene Khan
But you hear us more now, right? Asking a simple question, twitting an opinion, can be dangerous in this country. It is unacceptable to the State Mr Gonzales and government officials his kind represent.
Maraming salamat, IRENE KHAN
Kodao expresses its deep gratitude to United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression and opinion for heeding our call to visit our colleague Frenchie Mae Cumpio and her fellow political detainees in jail. The long-awaited visit happened at the Tacloban District Jail last January 27 as part of her official visit to investigate the state of press freedom in the country. In a tweet, Ms. Khan said: “We are only int’l visitors so far allowed by #Philippines govt to visit them! Arrested in Feb 2020, trial still dragging on. How long should they wait to be free?”
NUJP to PTFOMS: Where did your 50% media killing resolution rate come from?
“How the PTFOMS classified the case as ‘resolved’ is a mystery. Do they mean establishment of possible motives, identification of the suspects, or shrugging off the incidents as not work-related?” NUJP asked.
KODAO KLASIK: Maling Akala (sa ChaCha)
This is a 2006 music video criticizing the charter change scheme by the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo government. Their reasons for pushing it then as well as the people’s reasons opposing it remain the same in 2024.
Valbuena: NPA wholeheartedly accepts CPP’s rectification call
Chief information officer Marco Valbuena said the NPA are starting to once again grow strong as their morale had been heightened by the launch of the CPP’s rectification movement.