Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) on Sunday, May 23, defended a lawyer who was “red-tagged” in a social media post for representing 11 students who were arrested on their way to Angeles City to participate in the May 1 Labor Day rally. IBP
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Youth groups file complaint against red-tagging
MANILA- Youth and student activists filed a complaint on Friday before the Commission on Human Rights and the National Bureau of Investigation, urging them to investigate the intensified red-tagging of their organizations and members amid the implementation of the Philippine terror law.
In a statement, the College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) said that these attacks and threats were carried out by state-sponsored trolls, and have put student journalists and youth activists at risk.
“Even during a pandemic, the state never fails to showcase its incompetence to the Filipino people,” CEGP) said in a statement.