The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) commends Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion Irene Khan for her comprehensive final report on the Philippines delivered before the UN Human Rights Council on June 18. The NUJP is glad that...
NUJP-NIR vows to advance journalists rights, overcome culture of impunity
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines – Negros Island Region Chapter is proud to announced today its official formation. In a two – day assembly June 14-15, 2025, held in the cradle of Negros civilization, Silay City, attended by twenty-three (23) media...
2025 Media Electoral Agenda
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Southeast Asian coalition launches ebook on unresolved attacks on the media
MANILA – As a way to commemorate the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, the coalition of the Press Freedom Monitoring in Southeast Asia (PFMSEA) launched an ebook that highlights ten stories of attacks against journalists in six...
Statement | Solidarity with Selina Cheng and the Hong Kong Journalists Association
(Photo by Kyle Lam, HKFP) The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines is in solidarity with Selina Cheng, who has been fired by the Wall Street Journal for her involvement in and leadership of the Hong Kong Journalists Association. While the WSJ has pointed...
Statement | State actors involved in red-tagging – NUJP study
Defenders of red-tagging have often claimed that the practice does not happen, or that if it happens, it is not done by the government. Even President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., in justifying the existence of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict,...
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 and media freedom in particular, and freedom of expression in...
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 Mr. Malaya and the NTF-ELCAC cannot deny is that red-tagging is a...
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 ordering the blocking of 27 websites. Media outfits Bulatlat and Pinoy...