Keep the memory of the Ampatuan Massacre victims alive

The three press freedom groups have investigated the case since 2020, which showed damning evidence of the former governor in the journalist’s murder.

The wanted official had been in hiding despite an arrest warrant issued against him in 2023.

Groups urged authorities to “rescind the illegal, unfair and unwarranted restriction on press freedom, the freedoms of expression and association, and the right to due process.”