Karapatan files complaints on Duterte government’s smear campaign vs rights defenders to UN independent experts

April 5, 2019

Updated: April 5, 2019

On April 5, 2019, Karapatan filed letters of allegation to United Nations Special Rapporteurs over cases of threat, harassment and intimidation, particularly the red-tagging and terrorist-labelling of organizations, in line with the Duterte government’s counterinsurgency program.