Murder charge against Filipino community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio dropped
The NUJ has joined the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in calling for the immediate release of Frenchie Mae Cumpio and the cessation of all baseless charges against her.
Philippines: Broadcaster murdered in targeted shooting
Erwin Labitad Segovia gunned down on his way home
Philippines: journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio testifies in Tacloban
The journalist detained since February 2020 on charges of illegal firearm possession and terrorist financing appeared in court on 11 November.
Philippines - No tag: press freedom for pluralism
A report by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines funded by UNESCO explores survey and focus group findings on journalists’ experiences of red-tagging.
Detention of Frenchie Mae Cumpio
Ask your MP to sign Early Day Motion 408 urging the release of the Flipino journalist.
Philippines: journalists under attack despite government commitments
NUJ expresses solidarity with journalists in the Philippines facing threats to their safety in targeted attacks within cities and provinces.
120 journalists killed in 2023
The International Federation of Journalists’ annual list of journalists killed records the highest number of deaths in recent years.
Philippines: radio anchor shot dead during live broadcast
Radio anchor Juan Jumalon was killed by an unidentified assailant inside his home-based studio in the southern Misamis Occidental province while live on air on November 5.
Philippines: student journalists harassed by army
NUJ supports call for an investigation into actions by armed forces threatening press freedom.
Philippines: NUJ condemns targeted attacks against journalists
Journalists in the country face hostile environments, restrictions on reporting and false labelling by authorities as terrorist organisations.
IFJ killing list reveals 68 deaths of media workers and 375 in prison
The International Federation of Journalists has published its full annual report on journalists and media staff killed and those behind bars in 2022.
Philippines: journalist killed in ambush
The National Union of Journalists has joined the International Federation of Journalists in calling on authorities to launch an investigation into the murder of Percival Mabasa.
Philippines: court reinstates access to media site
A Quezon City Court has ordered restrictions on access to a media site be lifted.
Philippines: access to media sites blocked
Authorities have restricted access to independent news sites citing links to communist and terrorist groups.
IFJ records 60 killings of media workers in 2020
The year 2020 will go down in history as the year of an unprecedented global pandemic crisis, but also as the year of the resurgence of murders of journalists and media staff around the world.
Two media workers die every week, according to IFJ report
Jim Boumelha analyses 30 years of the IFJ killed list.
IFJ mourns 42 media workers killed in 2020
IFJ publishes annual killed list including numbers in jail globally, with 30 year overview and analysis.