Karapatan to Remulla: PH gov’t should issue standing invitations to UNSR on EJKs, others to investigate killings and all rights violations KARAPATAN Public Information 22 November 2022, Human rights alliance Karapatan said that the Philippine governmentshould issue standing invitations for all UN Special Procedures,especially the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, humanrights defenders, indigenous peoples,… Continue reading Karapatan to Remulla: PH gov’t should issue standing invitations to UNSR on EJKs, others to investigate killings and all rights violations
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SEC order to shut down Rappler, attacks on independent media lay groundwork for digital martial law
Karapatan: SEC order to shut down Rappler, attacks on independent medialay groundwork for digital martial law KARAPATAN Press Statement 29 June 2022 Following President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent admission that he used hispowers to target ABS-CBN and the blocking of the websites of Bulatlatand Pinoy Weekly, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s June 28, 2022order to shut… Continue reading SEC order to shut down Rappler, attacks on independent media lay groundwork for digital martial law
Nobel laureate Maria Ressa vows to fight Philippines order shutting Rappler site
Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent, The Guardian, Wed 29 Jun 2022 04.37 BST ‘Kill’ order to revoke news website’s certificates of incorporation made in final days of Rodrigo Duterte’s rule The Nobel prize winner Maria Ressa has said she will challenge an order shutting down Rappler, the news website she co-founded, vowing the outlet will not… Continue reading Nobel laureate Maria Ressa vows to fight Philippines order shutting Rappler site
NUJP Statement on suppression of news sites
[Statement] Coverage is not terrorism, journalism is not a crime Jun 22, 2022 | Statement | 0 comments The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines denounces the arbitrary inclusion of Bulatlat, Pinoy Weekly and other alternative news sites in a list that the National Telecommunications Commission ordered blocked for allegedly being “affiliated to and are supporting” the Communist… Continue reading NUJP Statement on suppression of news sites