'There is no justification to violence against media workers, nor any human being, merely performing their jobs legally and within the bounds of the law,' a media organization in Central Luzon also asserts
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CEBU, Philippines – The Commission on Human Rights said on Wednesday, March 13, that it would investigate the threat and intimidation that two journalists faced while covering a demolition of houses in Angeles City, Pampanga on Tuesday, May 12.Rappler reporter Joann Manabat for taking videos of the scene, while members of the demolition team confronted K5 News FM anchor Rowena Quejada and took her belongings, according to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines .
“As an independent human rights institution, the commission actively condemns all acts of violence against journalists as these negatively impact the situation of press freedom of the country and may lead the Philippine democracy towards decay,” the commission’s statement read. The Central Luzon Media Association – of which Manabat and Quejada are members – also decried the harassment endured by their colleagues.
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