Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr: 'The UNHRC report reads like it was written by the accusers...Ignore it.'
THREATS. Human rights defenders urge the Philippine government to stop persecuting human rights activists. File photo by Mau Victa/Rappler
The report also drew attention to what it called the"arbitrary" detention of opposition Senator Leila de Lima. Efforts of the justice department to declare 600 persons as"de facto terrorists" upon the declaration of the Communist Party of the Philippines and New People’s Army as “terrorist” organizations The Philippine government hit these claims as it denied the allegations of intimidation and retaliation against the CHR, De Lima, Karapatan, and other human rights defenders.
The Philippines likewise hit recommendations calling for De Lima's release, saying it was"improper" for external groups to intervene in the"independence and impartiality of the [Philippines'] judicial process." It also fended off criticism for initially tagging over 600 people as terrorists, arguing that some indigenous peoples and rights defenders have been"misused" and"exploited" by terrorist groups.
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