(IFJ/IFEX) – Five editors and reporters from the International Broadcasting Corporation (IBC – 13) were dismissed from office on 22 September 1997. This coincided with an anti-government rally the day before that was allegedly censored from news reports in government-controlled media organs. The official version of events states that their removal was part of a […]
(IFJ/IFEX) – Five editors and reporters from the International
Broadcasting Corporation (IBC – 13) were dismissed from office on
22 September 1997. This coincided with an anti-government rally
the day before that was allegedly censored from news reports in
government-controlled media organs.
The official version of events states that their removal was part
of a simple reshuffling of personnel within the TV station.
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sufficient, and that it leaves the Philippine government open to
the accusation of deliberately censoring the media, interfering
in editorial independence, obstructing citizens’ right of free
access to information and the arbitrary dismissal of journalists
investigation into this event to demonstrate the government’s
full respect for press freedom and democratic pluralism
Appeals To
President Fidel V. Ramos
Office of the President
Malacalang Palace Compound
JP Laurel Street, San Miguel, Metro Manila
1005 Philippines
Tel: +63 2 521 2301
Fax: +63 2 833 7793 or 832 3793Robert Barbers
Secretary of the Interior and Local Government
Dept of the Interior and Local Government
PNCC Complex
Epifanio de los Santos Avenue
Mandaluyong
Metro Manila
Philippines
Fax: +63 2 631 8830General Emiliano Templo
President
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcast City, Diliman
Quezon City
Philippines
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