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Zaldy Ampatuan’s petition denied with finality

The Supreme Court of the Philippines denied "with finality" the motion for reconsideration filed by one of the primary accused in the Ampatuan (Maguindanao) Massacre. The Freedom Fund for... Read more

Anomaly’s child

MUCH OF the post-2010 expectations of the press and media community critical of the Arroyo administration’s antagonism to free expression and press freedom have not been realized during the... Read more

The thousand days of impunity

IT IS not entirely correct to say nothing has happened since 58 men and women including 32 journalists and media workers were killed in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao – a... Read more

Supreme Court upholds indictment of Zaldy Ampatuan

The Supreme Court of the Philippines upheld the indictment of former Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) governor Zaldy Ampatuan in the Ampatuan (Maguindanao) Massacre last 25 June 2012. Read more

AMPATUAN TRIAL UPDATE: Families seek review of “judicial courtesy”

The families of some Ampatuan Massacre victims have asked the Supreme Court to look at the principle of “judicial courtesy” among the causes of delays in the trial... Read more

Review the criminal procedural rules for the sake of Philippine democracy

We, the signatories, call upon the Supreme Court to review the rules of court that are prone to abuse in order to hasten the resolution of cases involving the... Read more

A waiting game in year two of the Ampatuan Massacre trial

By Melanie Y. Pinlac Published in PJR Reports, November-December 2011 Some developments in the trials of the alleged killers of journalists tend to suggest the continuing dominance of the... Read more

A conversation on impunity

Recording of live Q&A in Vienna on 23 November 2011 with experts who are combating impunity in some of the world’s most dangerous countries to be a journalist. See... Read more

A United Front in Fighting Impunity: A video produced by CMFR for IFEX

In commemoration of the 2nd year since the Ampatuan Massacre and the first International Day to End Impunity, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility produced a short video... Read more

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Pooled editorial on the Second anniversary of the November 23, 2009 Ampatuan Massacre Referring to the extrajudicial killings that were so much a part of the past Arroyo administration,... Read more