media killings
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In the Know: Providing Background Information
CHEERS to the Philippine Daily Inquirer for providing background information on past government bodies tasked to look into the killing of journalists. The Inquirer published the banner story... Read more
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In the Philippines: Three Journalists Were Killed for Their Work in 2015
THE CENTER for Media Freedom and Responsibility takes exception to the statement in the 2015 Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ) report on the killing of journalists worldwide that... Read more
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Ending the Killing of Journalists: State Action Urgently Needed
Statement of the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists The United Nations declared November 2 as International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. However, press freedom advocates in the... Read more
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STATEMENT: Toward Resolving the Ortega Case
The deportation to the Philippines and subsequent arrest of the alleged masterminds in the 2011 killing of broadcaster and environmental advocate Gerardo Ortega have awakened hopes that... Read more
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Alleged masterminds in Palawan broadcaster slay arrested in Thailand
The two Alleged masterminds in the killing of Palawan broadcaster Gerry Ortega in 2011 were arrested in Thailand Sunday, September 20. Read more
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Radio broadcaster shot dead in Misamis Occidental four years after assassination attempt
CMFR/Philippines – Four years after surviving an assassination attempt, a radio broadcaster was shot dead in front of a shopping center in Ozamis City, Misamis Occidental province on 27... Read more
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Second journalist killed in a week
Another media practitioner was shot dead in the province of Sorsogon on 19 August 2015, a day after the killing of a newspaper publisher in the southern Philippine city... Read more
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Accused brains of 2009 massacre dies of liver failure
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The patriarch of the Ampatuan clan, one of the primary accused in the 23 November 2009 massacre of 58 persons, died of liver failure at a hospital... Read more
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Police finds lead in killer of cameraman
The Philippine National Police has a possible lead on the killing of a cameraman and driver of the local franchise holder of Cable News Network (CNN) on June 25... Read more
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‘Gunman’ in shooting of journalist charged
CMFR/ PHILIPPINES – A murder charge against the alleged gunman in the killing of radio blocktimer Maurito Lim has been filed in Tagbilaran City, Bohol province. Bohol is 983... Read more
