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As we end 2021 – six months before a new administration steps in – let us remember the ones who lost their lives under Duterte, a period tagged critics as having the worst human rights crisis in the country post-Martial Law
Solidarity statement: “Stop the killings of human rights defenders in the Philippines” We, the undersigned civil society organisations and partners in…
ILOILO CITY – Gov. Esteban Evan Contreras II of Capiz has urged newly installed Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police Gen. Guillermo Eleazar to swiftly investigate the May 2 daylight murder of John Heredia, a former journalist and administator of Pilar, Capiz. John Heredia (John Heredia
Basilio Sepe/BenarNews The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights marked World Press Freedom day on Monday by demanding that nations respect and protect the rights of journalists, even as advocacy groups urged her to give special attention to abuse of media freedom in Bangladesh. In a statement, Michelle Bachelet noted that freedom of the press has come under particular attack during the pandemic, when the public is especially in need of information. “The COVID-19 crisis has made it clearer that critical reporting on government policies or public figures is all too often met ...
endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 3) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Monday said he will refer the probe into the killing of John Heredia — formerly national director of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines -- to a presidential task force. “Considering that John Heredia was a journalist, I will refer his case to the Presidential Task Force on Media Security for investigation and case build-up,” said Guevarra when asked if he will recommend that the Inter-Agency Committee created under Administrative Order No. 35 look into the incident. The IAC was c...