27. January 2025 | Aktuelles, Freedom of Press, Human Rights News
The decision of the internet company Meta to stop working with fact-checkers on its social media platforms Facebook and Instagram in the US has also raised concerns among journalists and civil society organizations in the Philippines. In a statement on January 11,...
27. August 2024 | Aktuelles, Freedom of Press, Human Rights News
On August 9, 2023, the Court of Appeals in Manila lifted the shutdown order against the news portal Rappler. The court decision restored the company’s certificate of incorporation and eliminated the risk of a shutdown. Maria Ressa called on the government of...
17. May 2024 | "War on Drugs", Freedom of Press, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, International Institutions
A few days after the US State Department published its report, Amnesty International presented its annual report “The State of the World’s Human Rights” on April 23, 2024. The report underlined that drug-related killings or extrajudicial killings in the context...
17. May 2024 | Aktuelles, Freedom of Press, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
A regional court sentenced self-confessed gunman Joel Escorial to eight years and eight months or up to 16 years in prison in the case of murdered journalist Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa. Mabasa, a vocal critic of the previous government, was killed in Las Piñas in...
17. May 2024 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights News
On May 3, 2024, International Press Freedom Day, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published its annual press freedom ranking. The Philippines slipped in the RSF index from 132nd to 134th place out of a total of 180 countries. Despite the lower RSF rating compared to...
14. February 2024 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, International Institutions
Following a two-week visit to the Philippines, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, Irene Khan, found the threat to Filipino journalists and human rights activists critical. During a press conference in Manila on February 2, 2024, Khan made a...
