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Philippines: Terrorism-Financing Charges Abused

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par Human Rights Watch

(Manila) – Philippine authorities are filing baseless terrorism-financing charges against civil society groups and activists, apparently to be removed from the “grey list” of a global terrorism financing and money laundering watchdog, Human Rights Watch said today. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) visited the Philippines in January 2025 to determine whether the country can be removed from the organization’s list of countries subject to increased monitoring.Philippine authorities have been exploiting the organization’s grey-listing to harass organizations and activists in a surge…

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