Government behind majority of red-tagging cases involving journalists – NUJP study

MANILA, Philippines – The government was behind a majority of the red-tagging cases involving Filipino journalists, according to a study of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) released on Saturday, May 18.

In its study titled “No Tag: Press Freedom for Pluralism,” the NUJP said 60% or more than half of red-tagging in the last eight years were state-sponsored. The state’s red-tagging involved the use of intimidating method of “dropping by, or sending a letter...