TARLAC: The Human Rights Watch (HRW) tagged as “discriminatory” the government’s proposal to impose the mandatory identification card system in Central Luzon (CL) as a counter-terrorism initiative.

This came to fore after authorities allegedly “threatened” to further single out Muslims as part of official counter-terrorism efforts in the light of the ongoing war against Islamic State-linked Maute Group in Marawi City.

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