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Journalists seek court protection from government

CMFR/Philippines—Eleven journalists and media technicians from the Philippines’ biggest television network arrested for covering an incident involving about 20 soldiers in the Manila Peninsula Hotel last November have asked... Read more

Two suspects in journalist’s killing six years ago arraigned

CMFR/Philippines—Two suspects in the killing of a broadcast journalist were arraigned on 10 January 2008, more than half a decade after the murder. Rolando Ureta, then 30, was killed... Read more

Class suit against Arroyo husband to continue

CMFR/Philippines—A motion, the second filed by Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo, husband of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, to dismiss the class action suit filed against him by 40 journalists and... Read more

Media can be held liable for disobeying government, justice secretary warns

CMFR/Philippines—The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) has condemned an advisory issued by the secretary of justice warning chief media networks and press groups that they risk... Read more

FFFJ supports the Global Day of Action and condemns media restrictions in Pakistan

The Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ), a coalition of six media organizations formed in 2003 to address the numerous attacks against journalists and news organizations in the Philippines,... Read more

Sounds like the Philippines?

The Philippines is not the only country in the world where killings of journalists remain rampant, resulting in a culture of “intolerable impunity,” and intimidation of the press coming... Read more

CMFR Philippines Alert: Reporters receives death threat after exposing election anomalies

A television and a radio reporter for the ABS-CBN network received death threats in Lanao del Norte, a province located in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), after... Read more

Solon prevented from speaking to the media

CMFR/Philippines—Members of the press were prevented from interviewing detained Bayan Muna (Nation First) Representative Satur Ocampo by his police custodians, who claimed that media interviews would be risky for... Read more

Newspaper editors and publisher detained, post bail for libel

CMFR/Philippines—The publisher, along with seven editors of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, one of the Philippines’ major dailies, was detained for an hour at a Manila Police Station on 20... Read more

Five journalists post bail; editor released after a night in jail

CMFR/Philippines—Three editors, including one who was arrested and spent a night in a police station, a staff writer, and a former managing editor of a Philippine online magazine, posted... Read more