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Truth-tagging? | Courts junk cases vs red-tagged activists, peace consultants
Ironically, cases against red-tagged individuals are being dismissed by government courts for lack of probable cause or because of insufficient evidence. Motions to quash search warrants were also granted by the courts, declaring whatever so-called evidence the police have acquired during the search as inadmissible.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
MANILA – During the oral arguments on the Anti-Terror Act at the Supreme Court, government lawyers and National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. insisted that red-tagging is not a policy of the government.
2021 State of Press Freedom in the Philippines Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility executive director Melinda De Jesus presented this report during the celebration of the World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2021. May 5, 2021 | 09:00:00 PM
CMFR executive director
Melinda De Jesus discusses the history of the Philippine press fighting the Marcos dictatorship to restore democracy, and the country s recent decline to authoritarianism under President Rodrigo Duterte. She also discusses CMFR s database on attacks and threats against journalists, new laws that tighten restrictions on the Philippines media, and how the coronavirus pandemic exacerbated the situation.
By law, the Duterte presidency ends in 2022. It renders this assessment of press freedom in the PH in a new light. The next election confronts the nation with a fork on the road; to turn the page or stay with the status quo. Filipinos must make their choice wit
Luz Rimban of the Asian Center for Journalism at the Ateneo joins the call for release of Frenchie Mae Cumpio
“But even if we mark World Press Freedom Day with many reasons to be fearful, we mark it also with hope, knowing that there are many of us still working each day to gather facts and shine a little light on what is happening in the country and on what isn’t.”
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
MANILA – On World Press Freedom day, journalists in the Philippines reiterated their call for the release of community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and for the junking of Anti-Terror Law.
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