Marcos yet to end Duterte practice of red-tagging rights defenders, says UN rapporteur

Marcos yet to end Duterte practice of red-tagging rights defenders, says UN rapporteur

 A United Nations special rapporteur has urged the Marcos administration anew to end the vilification of rights defenders, saying the absence of an official policy does not excuse government inaction against the dangerous practice of red-tagging.

Heed UN special rapporteur’s recommendations, families of victims of drug-related killings tell Marcos Jr.

MANILA – A group of church workers and families of victims of drug-related killings urged Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to heed United Nations (UN) special rapporteur Irene Khan’s recommendation to return to the International Criminal Court (ICC).  In her report to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Khan, the special rapporteur on freedom of expression and opinion, recommended that the Philippine government “restore its past ratification of the Rome St…