Philippines: NGO and its staff red-tagged
Event- Country
- Philippines
- Initial Date
- Jun 26, 2024
- Event Description
In Central Luzon, tarpaulins addressed to Karapatan-Central Luzon coordinator Pia Montalban were hung in at least three provinces — Pampanga, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija — accusing her and KARAPATAN of being the recruiters of ten alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA) slain in a gunbattle in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija on June 26. The latter’s families had requested Montalban’s assistance in retrieving the bodies of their loved ones from a funeral parlor.
- Impact of Event
- 2
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Woman
- Violation
- Vilification
- Rights Concerned
- Right to protect reputation
- HRD
- NGO
- NGO staff
- Perpetrator-State
- Armed forces/ Military
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 15.805805524549239
Longitude: 121.14061433644898
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 26 June 2024, the NGO Karapatan and its Central Luzon coordinator, Pia Montalban, were red-tagged as the military accused them of recruiting members of the New People’s Army (NPA) slain in a gunbattle in Pantabangan, the Philippines.