Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Marcos administration to improve its efforts in protecting journalists in the Philippines.
Human Rights Watch has called on the Marcos administration to improve its efforts in protecting journalists in the Philippines. "Rather than resting on the laurels of the pending Jumalon trial and the incomplete Lapid case, the Marcos administration needs to ratchet up its efforts to protect journalists," HRW Asia Division senior researcher Carlos H. Conde said in a statement on Tuesday.
He noted that at least one journalist, Frenchie Mae Cumpio, has been in police detention for over four years. "The Marcos administration needs to do a lot more if the Philippines is going to discard its reputation as one of the world’s most dangerous places to practice journalism and ensure an environment in which members of the media can do their jobs safely," he said.Vibrant, freeBut according to PTFoMS executive director Paul M.
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