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Provincial publisher killed

CMFR/Philippines—An individual onboard a motorcycle gunned down a newspaper publisher at around 10:15 pm (local time) on 7 April 2008 night in Pasig City in the Philippines. Pasig is... Read more

Journalist gets death threat over mining story

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A Palawan-based journalist was threatened with death on 3 April 2008 after he wrote that a mining company was blocking plans to declare a forest in Brooke’s... Read more

Judge grants 60-day temporary restraining order for trial of “masterminds” in journalist’s killing

CMFR/Philippines—The Cebu City Court of Appeals issued a 60-day temporary restraining order (TRO) on 25 March 2008 in the trial of the suspected masterminds in the killing of a... Read more

High Court grants petition for transfer of venue of the trials of suspects in the killing of two journalists

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Philippine Supreme Court granted on 18 March 2008 a petition by the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) and the National Union of Journalists of the... Read more

Supreme Court issues first writ of amparo for journalist

The Supreme Court granted the first writ of amparo for a journalist on 11 March 2008. Read more

Legal experts, journalists, press freedom and human rights advocates attend international conference on press freedom and impunity in Manila

Just three months after scores of journalists and media practitioners were arrested after covering the Manila Peninsula siege, over a hundred legal experts, judges, journalists, press freedom and human... Read more