Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR)

A gunman shot DzRK Radyo ng Bayan-Kalinga journalist Jerome Tabanganay four times. Initial police investigations said the incident was work-related.

Radio broadcaster Williamor Magbanua found a funeral wreath with a threatening note accusing him of “peddling lies which trampled on the rights of women”.

One person was injured after two men riding on a yellow bicycle hurled an explosive object at Magic 103 FM radio station.

“The press needs to support public prosecutors and engage law groups and the rest of civil society in reversing the order,” says CMFR.

A judge issued the detention order after finding the “existence of probable cause” to hold the 196 accused named in the killing.

It took over two years for Esperat’s killers to be convicted, but the masterminds who ordered her death have not been tried or even apprehended.

In a joint submission to the UN Human Rights Council, 40 IFEX members protest resolutions on defamation of religion and the proposed elaboration of complementary standards to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

Marites Dañguilan Vitug received threatening text messages in the early afternoon of 22 March refering to the 2009 Maguindanao massacre.