Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said the list targets government critics and human rights defenders, and aims to sow fear among them. The petition has also enumerated a list of individuals, who are alleged leaders of the CPP-NPA’s various committees. It likewise tagged UN special rapporteur for the rights of indigenous people Victoria Tauli-Corpuz as a member of the CPP’s Ilocos-Cordillera Regional Committee (ICRC). According to Palabay, the list submitted by the DOJ in court suspiciously included several others who were already dead and missing. Moreover, named in the list were Joan Carling, past Secretary General of the Asian Indigenous Peoples’ Pact and former member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues; Atty.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 09, 2018 05:15 UTC