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 groups demand justice: In year four of the Ampatuan Massacre VARIOUS MEDIA groups, schools and the relatives of the Ampatuan massacre victims commemorated the fourth anniversary of the massacre and the third International Day to End Impunity through a “human chain” in Rajah Sulayman Park, Manila on November 22. Impunity Reigns as Killings Continue NINETEEN (19) journalists have been killed for their work in the Philippines since 2010 when Benigno Aquino III assumed the Presidency, even as delays hound the trial of the accused in the Ampatuan massacre. And in 2013 alone, at least 66 instances of threats, physical assaults, illegal arrests, libel... VIDEO: What is impunity? Journalists, artists, teachers, priests, filmmakers, writers, encompassing activists, ordinary people ATTACKED, THREATENED, ABUSED, DISAPPEARED, KILLED without PUNISHMENT without JUSTICE Timeline: Ampatuan Massacre Trial Selected highlights of the Ampatuan Massacre Trial Infographic: Ampatuan Massacre Trial No Ampatuan Massacre suspect has been convicted since the trial began in 5 January 2010. Click on the image below to enlarge. Infographic: Ampatuan Massacre Victims On 23 Novemver 2009, 58 persons were massacred in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao province. Infographic: Killing of Journalists and Media Workers in the Philippines Democracy was restored in the Philippines in 1986, but the killing of journalists and media workers continues. Campaign materials for IDEI 2013 in the Philippines Use the resources below to help promote the International Day to End Impunity in the Philippines. Prezi on Impunity in the Philippines Map of Work-related Media Worker/Journalist Killings Since 1986 CMFR Database on the Killing of Journalist as of Nov 2013 by Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility CMFR... IFEX launches International Day to End Impunity Photo Contest IFEX SECRETARIAT – im•pu•ni•ty im-‘pyĂĽ-nÉ™-tÄ“ n. without punishment, without consequences Get out your phones, digital cameras, tablets, or old school Polaroids! IFEX is launching a photography contest as part of the third annual International Day to End Impunity on 23 November. Deadline for entries is 3 November 2013. Journalists,...
