Rep. Raoul Manuel, Rep. Arlene Brosas and Rep. France Castro of the Makabayan bloc along with the Defend NGO Alliance filed House Resolution 1985, “Resolution urging the Committee on Human Rights to immediately conduct an investigation, in aid of legislation on the escalating attacks on humanitarian and Development Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) and other human rights defenders which restrict civic spaces and erode economic, social and cultural rights of the communities they serve” to shed light on the recent attacks and freezing of accounts of several humanitarian NGOs such as the Leyte Center for Development (LCDe), Community Empowerment Resource Network, Inc. (CERNET), Paghidaet sa Kauswagan Development Group (PDG) and the Citizen’s Disaster Response Network (CDRC).
The Alliance reiterates its condemnation of the attacks and threats to NGOs and their partner communities as well as its calls against laws such as the Anti-Terrorism Act that hinder the legitimate work of NGOs in pursuing people-led development.
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