Joel Pablo Salud said on the incident: 'Is this the kind of system these teachers are propagating–coercion, intimidation, harassment of those who will exercise their right to free speech?'
, author and editor-in-chief of the Philippine Graphic Magazine, aired his dismay over the teachers’ moves, noting that these were the people who earlier taught Molo how to be a journalist.
“Is this the kind of system these teachers are propagating–coercion, intimidation, harassment of those who will exercise their right to free speech? To make matters more disturbing, these teachers were allegedly his former Campus Journalism instructors in high school,” Salud“This nation’s rich legacy of free speech among its young people is clearly under threat. But it will be a cold day in hell before we give in to silence,” he added.
“Anyone can file for libel if he or she feels a person has falsely and maliciously attacked personal reputation. But the barangay’s response to the complaint went way beyond the bounds of this particular dispute,”“Barangays have powers to mediate problems. But officials were wrong in coercing submission on issues way beyond the specific complaint. Threatening Molo with arrest on grounds of anti-government sentiment is a violation of his constitutional right to free expression,” she also said..
“We are alarmed on this incident as it is a case of curtailment of the right to free expression. Karapatan would like to remind authorities that the right to free speech is protected by the Philippine Constitution and international human rights instruments,” Jose Mari Callueng, Karapatan National Council member at-large said.
Molo later thanked those who supported him in a tweet, adding the hashtag #defendpressfreedom: “I am more than proud. Thank you, everyone!”
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