A LAWYERS' group has filed a new complaint before the United Nations Special Rapporteur over the government's use of counterterrorism measures, including those anchored on the standards of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to target activists, humanitarian workers, church people, and human rights defenders.
A LAWYERS' group has filed a new complaint before the United Nations Special Rapporteur over the government's use of counterterrorism measures, including those anchored on the standards of the Financial Action Task Force to target activists, humanitarian workers, church people, and human rights defenders.
But in the Philippines, these consequences are not unintended — they are deliberate. The global counterterrorism framework is being systematically exploited to silence dissent,' Deinla said.
Filed Vs Govt For Counterterror Measures
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