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Journalists and press freedom and human rights advocates hold a Bike for Press Freedom action in Quezon City on Sunday, February 7, 2021 to protest the red-tagging against media. They are also calling for the release of arrested journalists Lady Ann Salem and Frenchie Mae Cumpio. DANNY PATA Journalists, rights defenders gather in biking event for press freedom
Published February 7, 2021 9:38am
Updated February 7, 2021 9:53am Journalists and advocates for press freedom and human rights held a cycling event on Sunday morning as they called attention to what they said was the “worsening state of press freedom in the country.” According to a report of Carlo Mateo on Dobol B sa News TV, the Bike for Press Freedom was led by the Altermidya Network, National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, and the International Association of Women in Radio and Television-Philippines.
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Journalists, advocates bike for detained colleagues
MANILA Journalists and press freedom advocates held a Pedal for Press Freedom this morning, Feb. 7, marking the first year of detention of Tacloban-based journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio.
Cumpio, executive director of online media outfit Eastern Vista, was arrested last year along with four human rights defenders. They were charged with illegal possession of firearms and explosives.
The route of the bike ride highlighted the pressing issues hounding the media recently.
Members of Altermidya-People’s Media Network, National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, ABS-CBN Employees Union and Photojournalists Center of the Philippines (PCP), and progressive organizations pedaled from the University of the Philippines in Diliman to ABS-CBN.
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