UN body asks PH to drop 3 members from list of terrorists

THE United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues appealed to the Philippine government to exclude the names of three of its members from its list of 600 alleged terrorists.

In a statement on Wednesday, the UN said the charges against Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples; Joan Carling, former member of the Permanent Forum; and Jose Molintas, former member of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples were “unsubstantiated and that they were being targeted for their advocacy and efforts to promote and protect the rights of indigenous peoples.”