Date: May 02, 2024 “Acts of aggression and harassment against the media are an affront to the exercise of press freedom.” Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chairperson, Atty. Richard Palpal-latoc, underscored this during his keynote speech at the historic 1st Philippine Media Safety Summit at Luxent Hotel in Quezon City, May 2, 2024. As Jes […]
Date: May 02, 2024 “Acts of aggression and harassment against the media are an affront to the exercise of press freedom.” Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chairperson, Atty. Richard Palpal-latoc, underscored this during his keynote speech at the historic 1st Philippine Media Safety Summit at Luxent Hotel in Quezon City, May 2, 2024. As Jes Aznar of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) said, “We have pushed and made sure that this event is a safe place for us to share our experiences on the ground—thoughts and sentiments that we can use and learn something from to move forward.” Aznar first proposed the holding of a media safety summit during a media safety training in 2022. Dr. Nymia Simbulan, Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA) Chairperson, discussed human rights as an overarching framework of journalist safety. Source: AIJC