We will not surrender our freedomsToday, Independence Day, we renew our pledge to serve the people, to continue speaking truth to power, and to guard and defend freedom of the press and of expression from all threats.Read More Covering the PandemicRead more Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic [MEDIA ADVISORY: FOR COVERAGE] ON THE FIFTH YEAR OF THE AMPATUAN MASSACRE: Chief Justice Sereno to Keynote Forum on Impunity Chief Justice Maria Lourdes P. A. Sereno will keynote the Journalism Asia Forum (JAF) on November 23, 2014 organized by the Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR). The event observes the fifth anniversary of the Ampatuan (Maguindanao) Massacre of November 23, 2009. The registration starts at 9 a.m.... Journalist killed in Cambodia over illegal logging CMFR/Philippines – A journalist in the Kratie province of Cambodia was shot dead on 12 October 2014 while he was documenting illegal logging, according to the Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) and the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA). Kratie is approximately 190 kilometers north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s... SEAPA: Urgent and decisive response needed to curb media killings It is a terrible coincidence that there have been three murders of journalists in the Philippines between International Day to End Impunity (IDEI on 23 November) and the International Human Rights Day Joint statement: Media rights groups slam detention of Al-Jazeera journalists in Malaysia and calls for greater transparency We, the undersigned organizations which advocate for media freedom and responsibility in South-East Asia, regret theunnecessary detention and interrogation of three Al-Jazeera journalists who were reporting an armed standoff near Lahad Datu, Sabah, on 20th Feb 2013. CMFR, SEAPA join 1st year anniversary commemoration of the Ampatuan Massacre Local and regional journalists as well as press freedom advocates marked the first year anniversary of the Ampatuan (Maguindanao) Massacre in Mendiola last 23 November 2010. Earlier, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility in coordination with the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) held the fifth Journalism Asia Forum... SEAPA job opening The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) is looking for an executive director of its secretariat based in Bangkok, Thailand, with the following qualifications: * Has leadership and management skills in administering the secretariat, programs, finances, fund-raising, networking and advocacy activities of SEAPA and its network; * Has at least...
