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IAWRT Philippines on government order to block independent media websites

July 12, 2022

IAWRT PH Stands with the Independent Media

This is appalling. Yet, if this is meant to send shock waves to the independent media, malign and silence them, goodness, the intent is failing.

National Security Adviser Secretary Hermogenes Esperon Jr. has ordered the immediate blocking of independent media websites such as bulatlat.com and pinoyweekly.org on the basis of an opinion that these outfits are terrorist-affiliated or supporting terrorist organizations.

Plain and simple, red-tagging is media repression.

Independent media, also known as alternative media, have always stood their ground and even complement the dominant media in bringing information to the public to make informed decisions. Operating for service and not for profit, they are fearless in raising controversial issues and hold government leaders accountable for their actions.

Hence it is not surprising that they are often at odds with government officials. But the recent blocking is carrying red-tagging to another level of recklessness and irresponsibility that brutally attacks press freedom and the right of the public to know.

As expected, bulatlat.com and pinoyweekly.org did not take this sitting down and immediately denounced this act despite threats to their profession and their security, even.

Likewise, this recent attempt at muzzling the independent press, carried out in blitzkrieg fashion, has only resulted in media people holding each other’s back in defense of press freedom and gaining broader support from the public.

In this regard, the Philippine chapter of IAWRT (International Association of Women in Radio and Television) stands solidly behind, and in solidarity, with the independent media. It also calls on Secretary Esperon to rescind his order.#

[Several IAWRT Philippines members work with Bulatlat and Pinoy Weekly.]

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CPJ writes to Philippines’ president-elect, asks for release of Frenchie Mae Cumpio

May 28, 2022

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) wrote to Philippines’ president-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr to reverse “your predecessor’s abusive acts and policies targeting independent media and journalists and restoring the Philippines’ once-proud standing as a regional bastion of press freedom.”

CPJ asked Marcos Jr to drop all charges against Maria Ressa and Rappler.

“To start with, your administration should end the relentless persecution of journalist and Nobel Peace laureate Maria Ressa, a global beacon of press freedom,” the group in the letter.

CPJ also asked Marcos Jr to restore the operating franchise of ABS-CBN, the country’s biggest broadcast company before its franchise expired on May 5, 2020 as its application was not acted on by Congress and then the legislative body eventually rejected it.

“Duterte repeatedly threatened not to renew ABS-CBN’s 25-year franchise agreement before Congress decided against its application,” CPJ said.

The dangerous practice of red-tagging by government must also be stopped, according to the group.

“We also urge your government to cease the “red-tagging” of journalists, the wrongful and dangerous labeling of reporters as supporters of the banned communist insurgency. Duterte’s administration made red-tagging de facto government policy and employed the practice to threaten, harass, and jail journalists,” added CPJ.

The group also asked for the release of IAWRT Philippines member Frenchie Mae Cumpio.

“In particular, we call on you to exercise your executive authority to drop the red tagging-related charges pending against journalist Frenchiemae Cumpio,” they said.

Cumpio was arrested on February 7, 2020 on trumped-up charges in a police pre-dawn raid in the office of her media outfit Eastern Vista. She has been in jail since then while additional charges were reportedly filed against her.

A similar raid and charges of illegal possession of firearms was also used to put IAWRT Communication Officer and Manila Today editor Lady Ann Salem in jail. She was released from prison on March 5, 2021 after the court dismissed the charges against her.

Read full CPJ letter to Marcos Jr here: https://cpj.org/2022/05/cpj-calls-on-president-elect-marcos-to-protect-press-freedom-in-the-philippines/

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