The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) “is alarmed” with the list of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) labeling 18 universities as recruitment grounds for communists and linking them in the so-called “Red October” plot to oust President Rodrigo Duterte. The CHR said the AFP releasing such a list “endangers students and the youth.”ADVERTISEMENTEarlier, the AFP named 18 Metro Manila universities where the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) is allegedly recruiting and organizing students for the Red October plot. READ: AFP names Metro schools allegedly organized by Reds for ‘Red October’“The Commission is alarmed by the release of the AFP of the list of universities allegedly involved in CPP recruitment,” CHR Spokesperson Jacqueline de Guia said in a statement on Thursday. “This blanket act of red-tagging endangers students and the youth and it may give the AFP a license to arbitrarily infringe the freedom of expression, the right to petition government, as well as to assembly,” she added. She was referring to the claim of Brig.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 04, 2018 12:45 UTC