Red-Tagging in the Philippines: A License to Kill - Human Rights Foundation
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Red-tagging isn’t new to the country: Implemented in 1969, the government-backed campaign was designed to “tag” and counter communist and Maoist groups, particularly the New People’s Army (NPA)
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Rappler Talk Facing The Threat Of Red Tagging With Gabriela S
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Policy Note Archives - Human Rights Foundation
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U.N. expert tells Philippines to act on media killings, abolish anti-communist task force
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red-tagging Archives - Human Rights Foundation
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In the Philippines, activists increasingly face a “living hell”
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Health Workers Move to Revoke Red-Tagger Badoy's Physician License
Masking Activism: The Struggle Against Red-Tagging and the Cost of
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10 December Solidarity with human and trade union rights defenders in the Philippines
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Masking Activism: The Struggle Against Red-Tagging and the Cost of