29. January 2021 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights News
The journalist Lady Ann Salem who was detained during Duterte’s wave of arrests on the International Human Rights day has still not been released. If she were to be pronounced guilty of the charges against her she would be facing several years of imprisonment....
29. January 2021 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
On January 18th, the Department of Defence unilaterally terminated the accord with the University of the Philippines from 1989, according to which the military has no access to their campuses. The academic institution was vilified as a “save hafen” for...
16. December 2020 | Human Rights News, Freedom of Press, Human Rights Defenders
The International Human Rights Day in the Philippines was marked by a wave of arrests. Among the victims was journalist Lady Anne Salem who was working for the red tagged alternative news site Manila Today. All have been arrested for alleged posession of firearms....
25. November 2020 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights News
The number of journalists killed since Duterte came into power 2016 is constantly growing. Within the last two weeks there have been two assassinations, raising the total number to 19. On November 10th Virgilio Maganes from Pangasinan was shot several times by...
6. November 2020 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights News
ABS-CBN: On November 3rd, 2020, a part of the remaining media infrastructure of ABS-CBN, two YouTube channels, were hacked and got off-air for some hours. The problem could be solved but it remains unclear who is responsible. Background: In July 2020, the Philippine...
5. November 2020 | Disinformation, Freedom of Press, Human Rights News
President Duterte has been considering banning facebook from operating in the Philippines. This was a direct reaction to facebook shutting down numerous pro-government accounts due to “coordinated inauthentic behaviour” in September. Many of the accounts in question...
