Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR)

Radio and TV stations in Tacloban City, Philippines were destroyed by Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), and at least four media workers were dead as of 14 November, while some are missing and others without shelter and supplies.

Press freedom groups join the Hong Kong Journalists Association to condemn the banning of Hong Kong reporters from covering Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in Indonesia in early October.

In a second joint appeal, over 60 IFEX members and partners again call for the release of Moroccan journalist Ali Anouzla, after terrorism-related charges were laid against him.

The Court of Appeals has affirmed its earlier decision dismissing the murder case against former Palawan Governor Joel Reyes, the alleged mastermind in the killing of Filipino broadcaster and environmentalist Gerardo Ortega.

Questioned about the possible motive behind an attack on a radio station other than theft, the station manager said it could be their stance against illegal gambling in Digos City, Philippines, in which local politicians and some police officials are allegedly involved.

Over 60 organisations signed a joint appeal to Moroccan authorities to free editor Ali Anouzla, jailed on 17 September for posting a link to an Al-Qaeda video on his news website alongside an article critical of the video.

An unidentified man shot dead Jesus “Jessie” Tabanao, a radio anchor and the spokesperson for an anti-illegal drugs government agency in the Philippines.

A year after the signing of the Cybercrime Prevention Act in the Philippines, some bills are filed before the 16th Congress asking to repeal or amend the law.