MANILA, Philippines --- The order of the Supreme Court (SC) to look into allegations of harassment and "red tagging" of members of rights groups Karapatan, Gabriela, and Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) is just standard operating procedure, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Thursday. Guevarra, who was named government caretaker by President Rodrigo Duterte while he is in Japan for a four-day working visit, issued the statement after the High Court granted the writs of amparo and habeas data in favor of the cause-oriented groups against what they claimed to be threats against their lives and liberty coming from state forces. The SC also ordered the respondents, whic...
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