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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...

Police officer tagged in radio broadcaster’s killing

CMFR/Philippines – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has named the suspects in the 29 August 2013 killing of a radio broadcaster in Iligan City. In its report dated 22 October 2013, the bureau recommended the prosecution of a police officer and said that the other identified suspect...

IFEX launches International Day to End Impunity Photo Contest

IFEX SECRETARIAT – im•pu•ni•ty im-‘pyü-nə-tē 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,...

Court of Appeals affirms dismissal of murder charge against former governor

CMFR/Philippines – The Court of Appeals has affirmed its earlier decision dismissing the murder case against former Palawan Governor Joel Reyes, the alleged mastermind in the killing of broadcaster and environmentalist Gerardo Ortega. By a 3-2 vote, the Special Tenth Division of the Court of Appeals denied the motion...

FOI Advocates Light Up for FOI, Demand Action by House of Representatives

STATEMENT OF THE RIGHT TO KNOW, RIGHT NOW! COALITION WE ARE members of the Right to Know. Right Now! Coalition, a network of more than 150 organizations from various sectors that have long been campaigning for the passage of a Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. Together with concerned groups and...

Hackers attack Manila broadsheet’s website

CMFR/Philippines – A Manila broadsheet newspaper’s website almost shut down due to a barrage of bogus page-requests, in a “distributed denial of service” (DDoS) attack on 13 September 2013. The attackers also exploited vulnerabilities of the news website’s content management system (WordPress), to redirect requests for news reports and...

Radio transmitter stolen; broadcaster threatened

CMFR/Philippines – Unidentified men stole a radio transmitter and other equipment in Digos City, wounding the radio station’s caretaker in the process, on 8 September 2013. Five days later, on 11 September, a broadcaster from another radio station received a death threat sent via a commercial courier. Digos City...

Senate committee approves FOI bill

The Senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media has approved the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill and will submit its report next week, said committee chairperson Senator Grace Poe. In the second and final hearing on the measure last September 18, Poe said she will sponsor the bill for...

Radio anchor shot dead in Cebu City

CMFR/Philippines – In only the second incident of its kind in Cebu City, one of the Philippine cities known for its respect for press freedom, a radio anchor on his way to fetch his pregnant wife was shot dead on 14 September 2013. He was also the spokesperson for...

Update: The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012

IT HAS been a year since President Benigno S. Aquino III signed the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. The Anti-Cybercrime Law took effect on October 3, 2012 but the Supreme Court issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) six days later. On February 5, the Court extended the TRO until...