This presentation discusses violent extremism.

1. DEATH, DESTRUCTION, DECEPTION:
DEALING WITH VIOLENT EXTREMISM
 Amparo Pamela Fabe
 Professor, Philippine Public Safety College and National
Police College

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3. DEATH
 CPP-NPA-NDF is responsible for the death of
35,000 police and military officers. It is
responsible for the death of 200,000 civilians
annually.
 Six Philippine Army soldiers in my family was
killed by communist terrorists in separate
ambushes carried out by the CPP-NPA-NDF.

4. DEATH
 Example of Kieth Absalon, UAAP Juniors Most
Valuable Player and FEU Football Player. Kieth led
the Philippine team to wins over Indonesia and
Malaysia football teams. He was killed by
communist terrorists, sparu unit in Masbate City
last June 6, 2021. He was 21 years old and he was
about to join Philippine Azkals.

5. DEATH

6. DEATH
 Kieth was tapped by the Philippine National Police
Masbate for their Sports Against Terrorism
campaign.
 During summer, he would hold football clinics in
all barangays to push the Masbate youth to turn
away from communist organizations and gain their
college degrees through sports scholarships.
 He and his uncle was killed by an NPA unit in the
morning of June 6. No one in PNP Masbate helped
in them downtown Masbate. The first to arrive at
the murder scene was an Army vehicle.

7. DEATH
 Kieth was tapped by the Philippine National Police
Masbate for their Sports Against Terrorism
campaign.
 During summer, he would hold football clinics in
all barangays to push the Masbate youth to turn
away from communist organizations and gain their
college degrees through sports scholarships.

8. DEATH
 He and his uncle was shot and killed in the head by
an NPA unit in the morning of June 6. After 20
minutes, an improvised explosive device exploded
nearby hitting him with shrapnel. He was already
dead before the bomb blast happened. This is to
correct the Masbate Police Report that came out
and shared with the AFP that he was killed by a
bomb blast. No one in PNP Masbate helped them
inside Masbate City. The first to arrive at the
murder scene was an Army vehicle.

9. DECEPTION
 Lying is the first skill of a communist terrorist.
 The strong intention to deceive Filipinos is a
second skill.
 They create scenarios to show that they are the
victims instead of the oppressors.
 They are economic saboteurs – extortion,
harassment and assassinations of businessmen.

10. DECEPTION
 Kilusang Mayo Uno
 Davao City – Mayor Baste
 KMU closed a Japanese company leaving 500
people out of jobs.
 Shut down Atlas Mining leaving 15,000 workers
out of jobs.
 Shut down 5,000 companies in EPZA all over the
country.

11. DECEPTION
 Kilusang Mayo Uno
 Davao City – Mayor Baste
 KMU closed a Japanese company leaving 500
people out of jobs.
 Shut down Atlas Mining leaving 15,000 workers
out of jobs.
 Shut down 5,000 companies in EPZA all over the
country.

12. DECEPTION
 League of Filipino Students, UG, Karapatan,
STAND-UP
 Radicalize with “sit-in” inside state universities
 Summer immersion to learn para-military skills
 Leader – public speaking, writer, agitator
 Join the movement without informing the parents
 8,000 Filipino youth are declared missing by their
families, believed to be recruited for the armed
struggle

13. DESTRUCTION
 Communist terrorists launch arson attacks in:
 Telecommunications;
 Mining;
 Agro-Industrial and harvest facilities;
 Transportation, land, maritime and air;
 Renewable energy;
 Construction of roads, bridges and highways;
 Kill staff members and workers.

14. DEFINITION OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM
 The FBI defines violent extremism as the
"encouraging, condoning, justifying, or supporting
the commission of a violent act to achieve political,
ideological, religious, social, or economic goals“.

15. GENDER AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM
 Women share the aspirations and concerns of the
communities of the central Sahel of which they are
members.
 Women support violent extremist groups,
highlighting the ability of these groups to
guarantee protection, the administration of justice
and the management of natural resources in areas
otherwise neglected by a failing state.

16. GENDER AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM
 Women share the aspirations and concerns of the
communities of the central Sahel of which they are
members.
 Women support violent extremist groups,
highlighting the ability of these groups to
guarantee protection, the administration of justice
and the management of natural resources in areas
otherwise neglected by a failing state.

17. MEN AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM
 Young men from the central Sahel may approach
violent extremist groups, driven by the hope of
obtaining the resources – prestige, status and
income – that will facilitate their access to women
and to marriage.

18. MEN AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM
 The demonstration of fighting prowess may
become an asset in gaining the recognition and
respect of the bride’s family: “The combatant who
returns to the village is seen as a powerful man and
he is feared.”

19. MEN AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM
 Bearing arms confers a status that means social
hierarchies can be reset or even overturned and
men can claim the hands of women they would
never have dared to hope they could marry.

20. WOMEN AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM
 Invest in building the capacity of women’s
organizations at all levels through regional
advocacy platforms, exchanging and sharing good
practice between women’s organisations working
on gender, peace and security issues in the three
countries so that they can participate actively in
the development, implementation and monitoring
of strategies to raise awareness of, prevent and
combat violent extremism.

21. MEN AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM
 Ensure the involvement of male leaders at both the
national and community levels in the activities to
raise awareness of the role of women in preventing
and combating violent extremism, in order to make
clear the links between promoting gender equality
and strengthening communities’ resilience in the
face of violence.

22. NATIONAL PLANS ON CVE
 National plans should fortify the social compact
against violent extremism by promoting respect for
the principle of equality before the law and equal
protection under the law in all government-citizen
relations, and developing effective, accountable
and transparent institutions at all levels.

23. NATIONAL PLANS ON CVE
 National plans should be developed in a
multidisciplinary manner, to include countering
and preventing violent extremism measures, with
input from a wide range of government actors,
such as law enforcement, social service providers
and ministries of education, youth and religious
affairs, as well as non-governmental actors.

24. NATIONAL PLANS ON CVE
 National plans should address the issue of foreign terrorist
fighters, as called for in Security Council resolution 2178
(2014). the Council decided that States should ensure that
their legal systems provide for the prosecution of travel for
terrorism or related training; and that States should also
address the financing or facilitation of such activities and
prevent entry or transit through their territories, including
through the usage of internationally accepted databases.

25. NATIONAL PLANS ON CVE
 National plans should prevent violent extremist
and terrorist groups from trading in oil and
antiquities, hostage-taking, and receiving
donations, in line with Member States’ obligations
under Security Council resolution 2199 (2015)

26. ACTIVITIES
 Ensure the Launch a global awareness campaign to
support victims of violent extremism and provide
them with a global platform within which to share
their stories by expanding the Victims of Terrorism
Support Portal;

27. ACTIVITIES
 Encourage youth exchange programmes within
and among Member States, which could be further
developed into global community service and
global youth programmes to enhance cross-
cultural understanding, promote learning of new
skills and support development initiatives;

28. ACTIVITIES
 Invite relevant private actors, including
communications and social media companies, to
support the prevention of violent extremism
initiatives and generate creative ideas to help the
international community effectively address the
spread of violent extremism through the Internet;

29. ACTIVITIES
 Develop a proposal for a Secretary-General’s fund
to support innovative projects aimed at preventing
violent extremism, especially in the fields of
communications and community empowerment

30. ACTIVITIES
 Develop a standing United Nations prevention of
violent extremism platform to direct the
implementation of this Plan.
 This platform would coordinate policy within the
United Nations system and support Member States
in developing their institutional responses to
violent extremism at the local, national and
regional levels by sharing lessons learned.

31. ACTIVITIES
 Support Governments seeking to develop and
implement education programmes that promote
civic education, soft skills, critical thinking, digital
literacy, tolerance and respect for diversity,
including, for example, peace education modules
for the use of school-age children, in order to
promote the culture.