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NUJP welcomes and supports proposed Human Rights Defenders Protection Act

Nov 15, 2021 | Diarista 2021, Statement, Sticky

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, the largest organization of Filipino journalists, welcomes and supports the proposed Human Rights Defenders Protection Act. The consolidated bills in the Lower House strengthens the commitment and obligations of...

Comments on Media Workers’ Welfare bills before the Senate labor committee

Nov 4, 2021 | Diarista 2021, Statement, Sticky

Legislation to ensure just compensation and working conditions for journalists and media workers is as timely now as it ever has been for the profession and while the media prides itself on being a self-regulating profession, this has also made it vulnerable to unfair...

[Statement] We remember fallen colleagues and our vow to assert press freedom

Nov 2, 2021 | Statement

As we mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists today, we remember our fallen colleagues and continue to hope for justice for them. We are hopeful for a swift resolution of the investigation into the killing of Orlando...

[ALERT] Community reporter killed in Davao del Sur

Oct 30, 2021 | Alert

Community journalist Orlando “Dondon” Dinoy, was killed past 6 p.m. on Saturday inside his apartment on Mother Ignacia St. in Poblacion Uno, Bansalan, Davao del Sur. An initial report said Dinoy was in his apartment when a still unidentified assailant...

Philippine Media Statement on Maria Ressa’s Nobel Peace Prize

Oct 25, 2021 | Statement

We join our fellow Filipinos in celebrating the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize given to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitri Muratov. We applaud the Nobel Committee’s recognition of the courage not just of these two journalists but of so many others who speak truth to...

[Statement] NUJP to Roque: Don’t deny censorship on PH press

Oct 12, 2021 | Statement

Attorney Harry Roque, the Philippine press has been under siege under your principal for the last five years, and if you refuse to listen to the journalists who you used to represent, just ask your former colleagues in the human rights community. You are denying...

[Statement] Congratulations, Maria

Oct 8, 2021 | Statement

(Photo credit: Rappler.com) The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines congratulates fellow journalist Maria Ressa for winning the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 with Dmitry Muratov of Novaja Gazeta in Russia. Ressa, CEO and president of Rappler, is the first...

[Statement] Can police simply ‘neglect’ a person’s rights?

Oct 1, 2021 | Statement

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines stands with our member and colleague Margarita Valle as she seeks justice for her wrongful arrest at the Laguindingan airport in 2019. After being held incognito for hours on what police would later say was a case...

[Statement] Cyberattacks deserve more than silence

Sep 24, 2021 | Statement

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines joins our colleagues in Altermidya and Bulatlat in calling for accountability for cyberattacks that the National Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-PH) has confirmed used an IP address assigned to the Philippine...

[Statement] A year later, our call remains: Ibalik ang ABS-CBN

Aug 28, 2021 | Statement

A year ago today, 53 ABS-CBN television and radio stations in regions outside Metro Manila went silent, a consequence of a House committee’s decision to reject a new franchise for the broadcast giant. While it is true that the network and some of its...