Victims of red-tagging in Metro Manila told the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) that state agents deceive urban poor communities into signing surrender forms in exchange for aid. The testimonies are part of a nationwide public inquiry by the CHR into alleged red-tagging activities, which involve falsely associating individuals with communists or terrorists.
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The testimonies of the victims about the alleged deception of urban poor communities are part of a nationwide public inquiry by the CHR.to listen to victims, after which it will hold another hearing to listen to government agencies often accused of perpetrating red-tagging. Red-tagging,by the Supreme Court , is an act of associating someone “with communists or terrorists makes the red-tagged person a target of vigilantes, paramilitary groups, or even state agents.
CHR Chairperson Richard Palpal-latoc said the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict , which red-tags openly and even on government broadcasts, has expressed willingness to attend the inquiry. Victims who have testified before the CHR can identify by name and by army squad the perpetrator of the attacks against them. In the teacher’s case, it is because the agents immersed in their communities before red-tagging them.
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