Yearender 2023: Anti-Terror Act as state’s weapon against dissent
Yearender 2023: Anti-Terror Act as state’s weapon against dissent
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Bulatlat.com
MANILA — Jen Awingan-Taggaoa has spent more than half her life as a community organizer in the Cordillera region. A researcher of the Cordillera People’s Alliance (CPA), Taggaoa would often go to far-flung communities to know how so-called development projects affect the indigenous people’s lives.
Taggaoa never thought that her work is now considered an act of terrorism. On July 10, 2023, Taggaoa and three other Igorot leaders were designated as terrorists by the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) in its Resolution No. 41. The ATC claimed that the four activists allegedly violated Sections 10 and 12 of the ATA, which refers to recruitment to and membership in a terrorist organization, and providing material support to terrorist organizations, respectively.
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