It carries out red-tagging through its social media posts and official pronouncements.Ĭivil society groups have called for the task force to be defunded or abolished. The task force is composed of, and headed by, former military officials. Duterte created the National Task Force on Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), with billions of pesos at its disposal, making red-tagging his government’s official policy. Red-tagging has become deadlier since Rodrigo Duterte became president in 2016.
“Red-tagging is rapidly shrinking the space for peaceful activism in the Philippines.” “Red-tagging is a pernicious practice that targets people who often end up being harassed or even killed,” said Carlos Conde, senior Philippines researcher at Human Rights Watch. The Philippine military has long been responsible for large numbers of extrajudicial killings and torture of alleged communists. The government’s counterinsurgency efforts include publicly accusing activists, journalists, politicians, and others and their organizations of being directly involved in the fighting or supporting the NPA.
Red-tagging, also known as red-baiting, has been used for decades in the Philippines in the government’s campaign against the communist New People’s Army (NPA), which began in 1969. The video features a human rights activist, a workers’ rights advocate, and a journalist whom the authorities have red-tagged. (Manila) – The Philippine government should end the “red-tagging” of activists as rebels or supporters of the communist insurgency, Human Rights Watch said today, releasing a video about the threatening practice and its impact.
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