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Statement | A challenge for government to do better

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines expresses its gratitude to Special Rapporteur Irene Khan for putting forward recommendations that aim to strengthen the protection of journalists...

Statement | The truth about red-tagging

Criminalizing the practice of red-tagging – which is basically the vilification of dissent and of critical reportage – is up to Congress and there have been attempts to define the act in law. What...

Statement | Junk the NTC Memo

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) joins other organizations in reiterating our demand for the scrapping of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) memorandum...

STATEMENTS

Statement | Not a minute longer

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) thanks Special Rapporteur on Free Expression and Opinion Irene Khan for visiting journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and human rights defenders Marielle Domequil and Alexander Abinguna on Jan. 27 at Tacloban City...

Statement | Don’t let media workers be last to know

Statement | Don’t let media workers be last to know

As reports emerge of a looming shutdown of operations and attendant layoffs at CNN Philippines, we note that network management has yet to talk to its media workers about their future. As is common in these situations, those who produce the content and whose lives...

Statement | ‘Not a policy’ but nevertheless done

We condemn the red-tagging on Facebook of National Union of Journalists of the Philippines director Reynard Magtoto and Gabriela local leader Jen Nagrampa, who have been accused by anonymously-run page Green Spark of being “kampon” or underlings of the CPP-NPA-NDF. We...

ALERTS

[Alert] CDO journos post bail for 18-year-old libel case

[Alert] CDO journos post bail for 18-year-old libel case

  Journalists Herbie Gomez and Joey Nacalaban surrendered to the Agora Police Station in Cagayan de Oro City today, July 6, after a Warrant of Arrest was issued against them over a libel case. The P5-million libel case was filed by Tangub City Mayor Jennifer...

[ALERT] Cyberattacks vs PH alternative media continue

[ALERT] Cyberattacks vs PH alternative media continue

(Image credit: Bulatlat.com) MANILA, Philippines—The websites of two alternative media organizations in the Philippines have been under series of cyberattacks involving digital infrastructure linked to the state, particularly the military and the Department of Science...

[Alert] Kodao.org under intense cyber attack again

[Alert] Kodao.org under intense cyber attack again

Kodao's website www.kodao.org is again under intense cyber attack. Tens of millions of suspicious requests are flooding the site in yet another distributed denial of service attack similar to what it suffered in 2019. Kodao reported the attack started last Friday,...

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MEDIA SAFETY OFFICE

Established in 2005 in partnership with the International Federation of Journalists, the NUJP Media Safety Office monitors all forms of attacks against the media–from threats to attacks, intimidation and killings. It also keeps track of the legal status of journalist killings, and cases seeking to intimidate journalists, such as criminal libel.