Global rights watchdog says PH civic spaces shrunk: Free speech, assembly now ‘repressed’
By: Gabriel Pabico Lalu – Reporter/INQUIRER.net / 08:00 AM December 08, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — A global rights watchdog has given the Philippines a lower grade in terms of how free its civic spaces are, noting that attacks against activists and the media meant that free speech and peaceful assembly have transitioned from “obstructed” to…