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Invitation to Cover'Trail of Impunity'

Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) 22 November 2011 Invitation to Cover and Join 11.23.2011 International Day to End Impunity (IDEI) and... Read more

Press freedom in Aquino’s first year: Unfulfilled promises and fading hopes

HIS SUPPOSED commitment to free expression and a free press was part of then Sen. Benigno Aquino III’s announced platform during his campaign for the Philippine presidency. Aquino promised... Read more

AMPATUAN TRIAL UPDATE: Court denies prosecution bid to turn three accused into state witnesses

CMFR/PHILIPPINES - Branch 221 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Quezon City denied 29 July 2011 the prosecution panel’s bid to turn into state witnesses a former vice... Read more

Suspended ARMM governor requests medical check-up

SUSPENDED AUTONOMOUS Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) governor Zaldy Ampatuan asked the court last 5 July, 2011 to allow him to undergo a medical examination in a private hospital.... Read more

Court handling Ampatuan Massacre declared a “special court”

The Supreme Court of the Philippines named the branch of court handling the Ampatuan Massacre case as a “special court” last 28 June 2011. In a 28 June 2011 resolution,... Read more

Court denies motions to exclude prosecution witnesses

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Regional Trial Court (RTC) judge hearing the Ampatuan (Maguindanao) Massacre case denied last 1 July 2011 the primary accused’s motions protesting the inclusion in the prosecution’s... Read more

Supreme Court allows live coverage of Ampatuan massacre trial

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Philippine Supreme Court has partially granted the request of media and private complainants to allow live coverage of the trial of 196 persons including members of... Read more

Ampatuan (Maguindanao) Trial Update: Court grants medical consultation for Andal Sr.

THE QUEZON CITY Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 221 granted last 2 May 2011 the request of one of the principal accused in the 23 November 2009 Ampatuan Multiple... Read more

The Long Road to Justice

By Mark Merueñas AS SOON as you enter the high-walled compound of the Quezon City Jail Annex in Taguig City where the Ampatuan multiple murder case is being heard,... Read more

Ampatuan Massacre Trial Update: DOJ revamps its prosecution panel

NEW government prosecutors have been assigned to continue the prosecution of the multiple murder case against Unsay Ampatuan and 194 others for the killing of 57 persons in Ampatuan... Read more