The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) sounded the alarm over the inclusion of two journalists in the list of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) as alleged University of the Philippines (UP) students who became rebels.
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Journalist Lady Ann Salem, who was arrested by police along with six other activists on Human Rights Day. Photo by Manila Today, a content partner of Global Voices, used with permission.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has repeatedly expressed his scorn for human rights in his public speeches, calling rights activists ‘enemies of the state’ and threatening to allow the police to shoot them dead. As if to stress the Duterte government’s utter contempt for human rights, on International Human Rights Day, police operatives arrested a journalist and six labor union activists in their Metro Manila homes on allegedly trumped-up charges of possessing weapons.
#FreeLadyAnnSalem: Truth-telling is not a crime
Human rights lawyer Kristina Conti and NUJP secretary general Dabel Panelo calls for the release of Lady Ann Salem (Photo by Ronalyn V. Olea / Bulatlat)
“The reason we have peaceful lives is that there are people like Icy who are continuously fighting for our rights.”
By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN
MANILA Various media groups, along with friends and colleagues of arrested journalist Lady Ann Salem, launched the #FreeLadyAnnSalem network today Dec. 18, to call for her immediate and unconditional release.
“My sister never took arms, she does not know how to use a gun,” Jasma Salem told the media, “She is a journalist and I do not find anything wrong with that.”
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Media groups sue NTF-ELCAC officials over red-tagging
Alternative media practitioners and their lawyers from the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) file charges against government officials over red-tagging, Dec. 18.
“Complainants have been targeted for their critical and independent reporting on issues affecting the marginalized and oppressed sectors. They are being persecuted for publishing progressive and alternative views on matters affecting the Filipino people progressive ideas that are anathema to the current tyrannical regime.”
By EMILY VITAL
Bulatlat,
Kodao Productions,
Pinoy Weekly, and its network AlterMidya-People’s Media Network filed administrative and criminal charges against National Task Force to End the Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokespersons Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. and Lorraine Badoy, and exec