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Jail official refuses to release broadcaster despite court order

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A jail official refused on 26 May 2008 to release a radio commentator jailed for libel since last year despite a court order. The warden of the... Read more

Case against Esperat masterminds stalled as court grants injunction

CMFR/Philippines–The Cebu Court of Appeals issued on 14 May 2008 a writ of preliminary injunction prohibiting the Cebu City Regional Trial Court (RTC) from proceeding with the case against... Read more

Correspondents threatened by local government official

CMFR/Philippines—Two provincial correspondents of a national broadsheet said they were indirectly threatened with harm by a local government official in Alfonso Lista, Ifugao on 10 May 2008. Ifugao is... Read more

Hearing on murder of journalist seven years ago begins

CMFR/Philippines—The trial of the suspect in the killing of a radio journalist in 2001 began 9 May 2008 in Cebu City, Cebu with the journalist’s widow stating under direct... Read more

Impunity in the Philippines

By Joel Simon and Sheila Coronel, Committee to Protect Journalists At a recent conference on press freedom and impunity held in Manila, attorney Nena Santos declared, “My heart bleeds... Read more

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