Media Suppression in the Philippines

SEC order to shut down Rappler, attacks on independent media lay groundwork for digital martial law

June 29, 2022

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 […]

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