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[Campaign] Join the online campaign to support the third International Day to End Impunity -CMFR

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International Day to End Impunity posterJOIN THE ONLINE CAMPAIGN

Join the online campaign to support the third International Day to End Impunity (IDEI).

Twitter users can use the hashtags#endimpunityinPH,#IDEI and#Nov23.

Follow the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility on Facebook andTwitter for more information.

Visit CMFR for more @http://cmfr-phil.org/endimpunityinph/

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[In the news] Amid the hype about PNoy, PHL is still a very dangerous place -GMA News

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Amid the hype about PNoy, PHL is still a very dangerous place
Marc Jayson Cayabyab and Patricia Denise Chiu, GMA News
May 3, 2013

gmanewsonlineThe Philippines has emerged as a global media darling, especially for its hot economy, and President Aquino is praised for a variety of achievements, the latest by Time magazine for the RH law and standing up to China.

But the government is failing where it matters most to many Filipinos – ensuring their safety.

The latest indication is its ranking as the third deadliest country in the world for journalists, according to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). For all the hype about the Aquino administration, it has not stopped the culture of impunity that has made the Philippines a very dangerous place, media groups said Friday.

In a text message, Rowena Paraan of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) said the ranking by CPJ, “is not surprising because nothing has basically changed.”

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PH 2nd deadliest country for journalists – CPJ -RAPPLER.com

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PH 2nd deadliest country for journalists – CPJ.

PH 2nd deadliest country for journalists – CPJ
by KD Suarez, rappler.com
February 21, 2012

MANILA, Philippines – With at least 72 journalists killed since 1992, the Philippines is the 2nd deadliest country for journalists in 2011, international organization Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in its annual report.

The 2011 CPJ ranking was due to the “persistent violence” that journalists, particularly those working in the provinces, face as they do their work, the annual “Attacks on the Press” report said.

The country also ranks 3rd in the Impunity Index, a ranking of countries based on unsolved cases of journalist murders.

Iraq still tops the 2011 list, with 151 unsolved cases as of that year. The Philippines is followed by Algeria (60 cases), Russia (53), Colombia (43), Pakistan (41), Somalia (36), India (27), Mexico (27), and Afghanistan (24).

“Despite high levels of press and Internet freedom, provincial journalists worked under constant threat of reprisal,” the report, released Tuesday, February 21, said.

It cited the murders of journalists Gerry Ortega and Romeo Olea, who were both shot and killed for their reporting in the past year. Both cases are still unsolved.

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