The Community Empowerment Resource Network (CERNET) criticizes the Philippine government for failing to respond to UN inquiries regarding the use of anti-terror laws against human rights defenders. The organization faces terrorism financing charges for allegedly providing funds to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army in 2012.
Representatives of the Community Empowerment Resource Network (CERNET) criticized the Marcos administration on Monday, December 16, for failing to respond to United Nations (UN) special rapporteurs who asked about the use of anti-terror law s against human rights defenders in the country. The controversy stems from terrorism financing complaints filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) against CERNET and 27 of its members on May 10.
Authorities alleged the group provided P135,000 to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in 2012. On May 14, the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 74 in Cebu City issued arrest warrants for the members of the consortium of non-governmental organizations. On August 29, UN special rapporteurs Mary Lawlor, Gina Romero, Ben Saul, Reem Alsal, and Laura Nyirinkindi sent a letter to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., seeking clarification on the factual and legal grounds for the charges against CERNET and its members. The special rapporteurs gave the national government 60 days to respond before publishing the letter and the president’s repl
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