August 2015 Alerts Archives - CMFR

• Religious sect members harass, assault media workers

  CMFR/ Philippines – Members of the Philippine religious sect Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) allegedly harassed and assaulted media workers covering the sect's August 27- 31 protest against the... Read more

• Radio broadcaster shot dead in Misamis Occidental four years after assassination attempt

  CMFR/Philippines – Four years after surviving an assassination attempt, a radio broadcaster was shot dead in front of a shopping center in Ozamis City, Misamis Occidental province on 27... Read more

• Broadcaster files for leave of absence following church controversy, attacks on café (UPDATED)

  CMFR/Philippines – Citing “conflict of interest” due to the on-going controversy surrounding the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC), ABS-CBN 2 broadcaster Anthony Taberna filed for a leave of absence and... Read more

• Second journalist killed in a week

  Another media practitioner was shot dead in the province of Sorsogon on 19 August 2015, a day after the killing of a newspaper publisher in the southern Philippine city... Read more

• Freelance journo harassed, threatened (UPDATED)

  CMFR/ PHILIPPINES – A freelance journalist told CMFR that she has been threatened and harassed for over a year for reasons that she suspects are work-related. Read more