Attacks and threats against the media Archives | Page 26 of 38

Policeman mauls photojournalist during protest dispersal

CMFR/Philippines – A policeman allegedly mauled a photojournalist after the dispersal of protesters in Davao City on 13 February 2013. The Davao City mayor said he would investigate the matter after the journalists’ union condemned the incident. Davao City is some 1,500 kilometers south of Manila. Photojournalist Barry Ohaylan...

Radio reporter still under threat years after surviving slay attempt

CMFR/Philippines – A radio reporter in Bukidnon province has been receiving threatening text messages and said a suspicious man on an unregistered motorbike came looking for him at his home in Valencia City on 17 January 2014. The reporter survived a slay attempt almost ten years earlier, on 12...

Reporter barred from covering city council meeting

CMFR/Philippines – A reporter in Lipa City in the province of Batangas was barred from covering a city council meeting on 13 January 2014. His stories on the city government’s finances and its handling of illegal vendors might have irked city government officials, the reporter said. Lipa City in...

Foreign nationals assault news crew in southern Philippines

CMFR/Philippines –Three foreign nationals running an allegedly illegal roadside eatery and karaoke house in Zamboanga City assaulted a member of TV news crew on 11 December 2013. The news crew was covering the arrest of the foreigners for public disturbance. Zamboanga City in the island of Mindanao is some...

Human waste thrown at radio station after shooting of broadcaster

CMFR/Philippines – Two days after a reporter of a radio station in Iloilo City was shot and wounded outside his house, four men riding in tandem threw human waste at the building where the radio station is located. Iloilo City in the Visayas island group is some 600 kilometers...

Radio reporter survives shooting incident

CMFR/Philippines – Two men riding in tandem on a motorcycle ambushed and wounded a broadcaster of a radio station in Iloilo City on 10 December 2013. Iloilo City in the Visayas island group is approximately 600 kilometers south of Manila. Two unidentified men shot Jonavin “Jhey-r” Villalba, a reporter...

Jordanian journalist free after 18 months of captivity

CMFR/Philippines – Jordanian journalist Baker Atyani says he escaped from his Abu Sayyaf captors on 4 December 2013 after 18 months of being held captive in Sulu province, southern Philippines. The police in Patikul town in Sulu said they received a report that a kidnap victim had been seen...

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...

Two journalists convicted of libel

CMFR/Philippines – Two journalists were convicted for libel in the past few days, one in Cebu City on 29 August 2013 and another in Digos City, Davao province, on 3 September 2013. Both were ordered to pay fines totaling PHP2,212,000 (some USD50,000). Libel in the Philippines is a crime...