[In the news] Wikileaks bares extent of US interference in Philippine affairs – Bulatlat

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Human Rights Online Philippines Leave a comment

Wikileaks bares extent of US interference in Philippine affairs – Bulatlat.

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Bulatlat.com

Wikileaks cables about the Philippines and how the United States continues to interfere in its internal affairs are keeping the secretary general of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan up all night.

For the last two to three weeks, BAYAN’s Renato Reyes has been spending hours reading cables from the whistle-blowing site Wikileaks featuring messages sent by former United States ambassador to Philippine Kristie Kenney to the White House.

WikiLeaks is a not-for-profit media organization that declares itself as a champion of press freedom. It was formed in 2007 and has released more classified intelligence documents over the internet than the rest of the world press combined. It has won two awards, the 2008 Economist Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression award and the 2009 Amnesty International human rights reporting award (New Media).

“Reading all this information is mind blowing — you’re reading proof about how deep the interference of the US runs when it comes to the Philippine economic and political affairs,” he said in an interview with Bulatlat.com.

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