Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat “Allowing this administration, the added leeway and greater authority that come with a newer, more oppressive anti-terrorism law would open the floodgates to graver forms of abuses. The dangers that come with the Anti-Terrorism Bill are all too real to be ignored, and we cannot and should not wait until the…
Media groups and other sectors slam the guilty verdict on Rappler’s CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa and former staff Rey Santos Jr, calling the decision a further attack of the government on press freedom.
Members of the progressive groups dubbed as Iligan 14 inside Iligan City Police Office Station 5. (Photo courtesy of Kabataan Partylist-NMR) The students were subjected to abuse and intimidation, with one student choked by an officer in plainclothes while he was trying to explain. One student was also labelled as a “recruiter for the New…
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By Romae Chanice Marquez ON JUNE 13 around 8 p.m., four unidentified armed men barged into the home of community worker Elena Tijamo in Brgy. Kampingganon, Bantayan, Cebu. The abductors, masked and clad in black, reportedly put a tape on Elena’s mouth and tied her hands before taking her away. Days after her abduction, she…
Maria Ressa during today’s hearing in Manila (Photo by Rein Tarinay / Bulatlat) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Various groups assailed today yet another attack against press freedom in the country, with a Manila court handing down a guilty verdict against Rappler’s CEO Maria Ressa and their former researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr….
Rappler CEO Maria Ressa (middle) with former researcher-writer Reynaldo Santos Jr. (right) and lawyer Theodore Te. (Photo by Ronalyn V. Olea / Bulatlat) The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) said the trial was “a test run for the latest weapon the State can now wield to intimidate and silence not only the…
Critics assert that the anti-terror bill would infringe on the civil and political rights of dissenters and ordinary citizens. (Photo by Carlo Manalansan) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Members of the religious community are among those who have opposed and joined the growing clamor to stop the signing into law the controversial…