End Impunity, Free Expression!
Imagine a world without impunity, where everyone is free to exercise their right to freedom of expression and information and able to access, generate and share ideas and information in any way they choose, without fear. We do.
On the defense of press freedom and truth telling
“The defense of press freedom and truth telling has never been as vital as in the age of ‘ fake news.’ The journalists who daily risk their lives in reporting and interpreting such issues as human rights, impunity and social justice are through their practice defending press freedom. It is in their behalf that I am accepting the 2019 Titus Brandsma Award.”
Journalist seriously wounded in gun attack
In a statement, the CHRA said the 54th Infantry Battalion-Philippine Army frequented Lee’s residence as well as the offices of both the IPM and the Justice and Peace Advocates of Ifugao, of which he is also a member, for weeks prior to tonight’s shooting.
Freedom of expression in the time of Duterte
As the nation marks President Rodrigo Duterte’s third year in power, we look back in sheer dismay over the unprecedented attacks perpetrated primarily by the state, with the apparent goal of shrinking the space for free expression in the country.
Update on the DDoS defense of alternative media outfits
How could one then explain that after the filing of civil case against these companies, the cyberattacks stopped?
The UP ‘Rebel Kule’ case: Flatlining free expression
Not only is this move a dangerous precedent for campus publications throughout the country, it also undermines the University of the Philippines’ reputation as a bastion of free speech and expression by imposing unwarranted penalties on students who dared continue the Philippine Collegian’s progressive tradition.
Court summons served to 2 tech companies over cyber-attacks vs alternative news
“We welcome the serving of the summons before the two tech companies that were traced as sources of the cyberattacks against our sites, according to the digital forensic investigation of Sweden-based group Qurium,” said Rhea Padilla, national coordinator of AlterMidya – People’s Alternative Media Network, an umbrella organization of at least 30 alternative news agencies in the Philippines and one of the plaintiffs in the complaint.
Alternative media outfits fight back, file complaints vs. cyber-attacks
The alternative media outfits maintained that these
relentless cyber-attacks are politically-motivated. They called on the two companies to reveal their real
clients.
Netizens’ free expression in grave threat with cyberlibel conviction
We condemn in the strongest possible terms the conviction meted by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Kidapawan City to broadcasters Eric Rodinas of Radyo Natin and Larry Baja Subillaga who were charged with online libel by North Cotabato Governor Emmylou “Lala” Taliño-Mendoza.
OVERCOME CYBER-MARTIAL LAW
POOLED EDITORIAL People’s Alternative Media Network (Altermidya) 12 March 2019 March 12 is World Day against Cyber Censorship, when advocates around the globe will call for an Internet that is not only accessible to all, but also free from restrictions on free speech. It is specially relevant to us today, when our nation is practically […]