'This dangerous narrative is used to justify arrests, trumped-up charges, surveillance and other forms of harassment against human rights defenders, including journalists,’ the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines says in support of the broadcast journalist
filed a complaint against Badoy before the Office of the Ombudsman. Alternative online news outfit Bulatlat, together with other outlets, also filed a complaint against Badoy in December 2020.
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines emphasized the security threats that come from red-tagging for journalists who are only doing their work.
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