STATEMENT Just when we thought things could not get worse, Pesident Rodrigo Duterte signed today the “Anti-Terrorism Law of 2020,” a law that many legal pundits, human rights advocates, and no less than the United Nations Human Rights Council itself – gravely warned about. With the stroke of a pen, Duterte has unleashed a greater…
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#WorldPressFreedomDay | Journalists, rights defenders slam Duterte, military for attacks
“The Duterte administration uses the entire coercive power of the State to attack and quell the independent press and these attacks are instigated and led by the madman in Malacañang Palace himself.”
Filipino journalists, advocates commemorate #WorldPressFreedomDay
With the call #FightBack, journalists, artists and advocates will highlight the defense of press freedom and free expression amid all forms of repression.