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Soph0571

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Mon Mar 12, 2018, 08:11 AM Mar 2018

The Philippines added a UN human rights worker to the country's 'terror hit list'



The Duterte administration has created a 600-person terror watchlist that includes a top UN human rights investigator.

The Philippines' Department of Justice filed the list in a Manila court last month seeking approval for calling the individuals terrorists, according to Reuters. Once declared a terrorist, the government can surveil and monitor funds more closely.

The list included UN Special Rapporteur Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, a Philippine investigator who specializes in the rights of indigenous peoples, alongside leaders from the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA).

Tauli-Corpuz was listed as a senior member of the NPA, and told Reuters the accusation was “baseless, malicious and irresponsible.”


[link:http://uk.businessinsider.com/philippines-duterte-adds-un-official-to-terror-hit-list-2018-3|

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The Philippines added a UN human rights worker to the country's 'terror hit list' (Original Post) Soph0571 Mar 2018 OP
Duterte & his admin are terrorists. Duppers Mar 2018 #1
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