NUJP: Filipino journalists remain at risk of assaults, harassment

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FILIPINO journalists continue to face threats of attack, harassment, intimidation, and red-tagging, according to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines .On November 5, 2023 alone, the murder of Juan Jumalon, also known as DJ Johnny Walker, of 94.7 Calamba Gold FM in Calamba, Misamis Occidental, was “even more condemnable since it happened at Jumalon's own home, which also served as the radio station.

Brell Lacerna, national spokesperson of CEGP, said that “the impunity doesn't seem to stop despite the recently commemorated International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists.”In the latest Global Impunity Index of the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, the Philippines ranked 8th, one place lower in the past two years.

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