CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A Quezon City court convicted Baguio-based journalist and Rappler correspondent Frank Cimatu of cyber libel on December 13 over a
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A Quezon City court convicted Baguio-based journalist and Rappler correspondent Frank Cimatu of cyber libel on December 13 over a
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“Silencing valid voices through harassment and intimidation or through arbitrary website blocking weakens discourse and democracy and puts free speech at risk.”
In a statement Wednesday, the CHR stressed that the Philippine government, as a State party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), has the obligation to protect people’s rights to freedom of opinion and expression.