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Tags: attacks on press freedom
Denial of ABS-CBN franchise ‘tantamount to censorship’ – group
“It is clear as day that ABS-CBN is being punished for reporting and commenting on issues in a manner unacceptable to the Duterte administration.”
Shining 3
By DEE AYROSO
Alternative media groups, IT companies settle cyberattack case
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat MANILA — Alternative media groups that were subjected to relentless cyberattacks last year were vindicated with a “small victory” after two tech companies, whose infrastructure were used to carry out the incursions, agree to support press freedom and put in place an effective mechanism to prevent a similar situation.…
Parties to cyberattack cases reach agreement
Effective mechanisms to combat such attacks shall further be improved to prevent a repeat of this kind of situation.
‘Gag order plea vs ABS-CBN, silencing of all critical voices’ — groups
The National Union of Journalists in the Philippines (NUJP) described the SolGen’s move as an “obvious attempt to not only silence ABS-CBN but also those who opposed the government’s push to shut it down.”
Targeting ABS-CBN
By RENAN ORTIZ
Global group of women journalists demand release of Cumpio
“Surveillance and types of harassment on journalists have no place in a democratic state like the Philippines that has also enshrined freedom of expression and press freedom in its Constitution.“
Groups slam SolGen’s plea to revoke ABS-CBN franchise
The NUJP called on Congress and the Supreme Court “to once and for all prove to the people that they are truly, as the Constitution envisions, independent and co-equal branches of government that are not at the beck and call of the executive.”
Congress still not tackling ABS-CBN franchise bills
“Pass the franchise renewal bill and let him [Duterte] veto it if he dares. And then prove yourselves worthy of being representatives of the people and defenders of their rights and liberties by overriding his veto,” the NUJP said.
Attempted surveillance vs. student paper, ‘a desperate measure to gag the press’ — campus journalists
“This is a clear attempt of state oppressors to unnerve media entities that maintain a line of reportage reflective of the real social-political situation of the public.”