Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR)

While the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill is well positioned for passage, Congress will be working within a very tight timetable. The Right to Know. Right Now! Coalition has set up an online Congress Action on FOI tracker to monitor developments in the coming days, weeks, and months.

On World Press Freedom Day, organisations from around the globe commit to defending the right to freedom of expression, even when that right is being used to express views that may be offensive.

Concerns include the use of Malaysia’s Sedition Act to suppress legitimate criticism of government and courts.

If proven to be work-related, Melinda Magsino’s would be the 148th case of a journalist killed in the Philippines in the line of duty since 1986, the 27th under the Aquino administration, and the second this year.

A Filipino publisher and columnist facing two counts of criminal libel for his column on a drug pusher says his recent arrest was “a clear attack” on press freedom.

The International Press Institute and 23 IFEX members sent a letter to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad calling for the release of lawyer and human rights defender Mazen Darwish ahead of his court hearing on 25 March 2015.

Filipino radio blocktimer Mauritio Lim was shot by an unidentified man and later died in hospital. Lim and his lawyer cohost had recently discussed the involvement of local officials in the illegal drug trade.

A trial court found guilty one of two persons accused in the 2010 murder of a Filipino radio reporter. It was the 15th case out of 145 cases of journalists killed since 1986 in the Philippines in which there has been a conviction.