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Media watchdogs, UP community press for journalist’s freedom
By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN
MANILA – International media organizations and the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication joined the call for the immediate release of journalist Lady Ann Salem from detention.
In a statement, Shawn Crispin, senior Southeast Asia representative of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said, “Authorities should immediately release journalist Lady Ann Salem, drop any pending charges in her case, and stop harassing journalists for bogus weapons violations.”
Salem, along with labor organizer Rodrigo Esparago, was arrested December 10 during a police raid in her home in Mandaluyong City. She was charged with illegal possession of firearms and explosives. Salem belied police’s claims, saying, “We had our backs turned for about