Articles by Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR)
CMFR creates special web page to highlight press freedom and freedom of expression
The site calls attention to three major issues: the rampant killing of journalists which demonstrate the prevailing culture of impunity in the Philippines; the use of criminal libel to stifle dissent; and the failure to pass a freedom of information law.
Attacking press freedom while “enhancing” it – a statement by the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists
When Congress re-convenes on 7 May it will be discussing a Freedom of Information (FOI) bill that, while not perfect, is generally acceptable to the media and civil society groups that have been working for the passage of an FOI act since the 1990s.
Thirty-two IFEX members urge authorities to release journalist Eskinder Nega
On 1 May, jailed journalist Eskinder Nega, facing the death penalty, receives in absentia the 2012 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. Thirty-two IFEX members are calling for his release, and an end to the use of national security legislation against all writers and journalists.
Columnist, editor post bail re libel case
The libel complaint was in response to an article by Manuel “Boy” Mejorada which accused the Iloilo City mayor of misusing some funds.
Twenty-seven IFEX members call for investigation into brutal attacks on journalists
Twenty-seven IFEX members appeal for end to impunity in recent brutal attacks on journalists in Kazakhstan, including near-fatal attack on Luqpan Akhmedyarov in April.
CMFR Philippines Reporter files administrative case against police chief
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A correspondent of the Manila-based *Pilipino Star Ngayon * (*Filipino Star Today*) in Olongapo City filed an administrative case against the city police chief last 23 April 2012. Olongapo City is the capital of Zambales, a province approximately 79 kilometers west of Manila. Reporter Mahatma Randy Datu accused Olongapo Police Director Senior Superintendent […]
Accused gunman has ordered broadcaster’s widow, two others killed, says radio exec
The former police inspector reportedly wants to stop station manager Alex Josol, Gloria Cuesta and a Department of Justice employee from campaigning for justice for broadcaster Dennis Cuesta’s death.
Fifty IFEX members and partners call for freedom for Bahraini human rights defenders, bloggers and activists
In advance of the Formula 1, 50 IFEX members and partners call for detained activists and human rights defenders to be freed, including blogger and activist Abduljalil Al-Singace and human rights activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, founder of IFEX member the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, who is ailing in prison since starting a hunger strike on 8 February.