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...
12TH NATIONAL CONGRESS STATEMENT | NUJP takes stronger stand against sexual harassment in media
NUJP takes stronger stand against sexual harassment in media The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines has resolved to condemn sexual harassment in the workplace and to establish and activate mechanisms for its prevention, for reporting and redress, as well...
Statement | Julian Assange’s freedom is a victory for press freedom
(Photo credit from the International Federation of Journalists) The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) joins press freedom advocates all over the world in welcoming the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after more than five years in...
12TH NATIONAL CONGRESS STATEMENT | NUJP to focus on online censorship and attacks, denial of access, and other threats to press freedom
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines will continue to call attention to press freedom violations, including online censorship, and will ramp up campaigns for the decriminalization of libel and for a better Freedom of Information mechanism in the next...
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,...
Alert | Tacloban journos refused participation in DILG press conference
Seven Tacloban City-based journalists were not allowed to ask questions during a press conference May 7 organised by the Department of Interior and Local Government Regional Office held at the Provincial Capitol in Catarman, Northern Samar. Jazmin Bonifacio, NUJP...
Statement | Not that remote or unrelated
(Photo courtesy of Al Jazeera) The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines condemns Tel Aviv's closure of Al Jazeera's operations in Israel as a suppression of press freedom and of the people's right to information, especially on their own government's...
WPFD2024: FIGHTING FOR THE PRESS FOR THE PLANET
The extreme heat that is affecting the Philippines and the rest of the region is a clear warning of the ongoing climate crisis and the urgent need to address it. Ironically for a country that is considered among the most vulnerable to the effects of the crisis, our...
Alert | Surigao broadcaster labeled as a drug protector
Surigao broadcaster Edito Mapayo was tagged as a protector of drug lords by unidentified individuals. On April 29, Mapayo saw graffiti with the text, "Ed Mapayo, drug protector" in different parts of the city. Mapayo said that days before the incident, he criticized...
Alert | Security guards confiscate equipment of photojournalist covering land dispute in Silang, Cavite
Private guards of Jarton Security Agency swept into a kampuhan of residents of Tartaria in Silang, Cavite past midnight on Saturday to fence off an area covered by a land dispute there. They also confiscated the personal property of people at the kampuhan, including...
Statement | Actions speak louder than words
It's easy to believe Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s pronouncements about press freedom if killers of journalists have been brought to justice, if Frenchie Mae Cumpio has been released, if red-tagging has stopped, if libel has been decriminalized, if the order to block...
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...