Journalists and representatives from the academe, the church, the military, and other sectors came together for the first Media Safety Roadshow in Cagayan de Oro City on June 29.
Source: AIJC
Date: May 02, 2024
“All of these letters may sound to you like just a bowl of alphabet soup, acronyms, but they do represent a situation that is not found in many countries in Southeast Asia or in Asia, which is the expression of solidarity, the expression of the principle that the collective defense must be done by all.”
—Melinda Quintos de Jesus, Executive Director, Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility
It has been five years since the launch of the Philippine Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists (PPASJ) in 2019.
The Philippine Plan was the product of a participatory, multi-stakeholder process from 2018 to 2019, involving the media, academia, civil society, and the government, drafted through consultations and dialogues in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
Source: AIJC
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
Date: November 23, 2023
The British Embassy Manila signed a partnership agreement on November 23, 2023 with the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication (AIJC), The Asia Foundation (TAF), and the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) to continue promoting press freedom and the safety of journalists in the country, focusing on the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
Source: AIJC
Date: Sept 18, 2023
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines welcomes discussion on proposals to secure better pay and working conditions for media workers.
While no journalist goes into this profession with illusions of wealth and comfort, the public service nature of media work should not mean free or poorly-compensated labor and taking unnecessary risks.
Source: NUJP
Date: May 29, 2021
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said it is boosting existing safety mechanisms to respond to attacks against journalists and media workers as press freedom in the country continue to decline.
Just last April, the Philippines again moved down two notches in the World Press Freedom Index, ranking 138th out of 180 countries — its fourth consecutive dip in the annual list maintained by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which considers, among others, the prevailing media environment.
Source: https://verafiles.org/
Date: Nov 29, 2019
On the eve of the anniversary of the Maguindanao Massacre that claimed the lives of 32 journalists in 2009, a new plan brought new hope to the Philippines to improve the safety of journalists and to tackle the issue of impunity.
Source: UNESCO
Date: Nov 27, 2019
Threats to media safety and freedom are real and alarming. How these threats impact on the nation’s democracy is what makes them truly dangerous. It is high time to put at the center of discussions concrete ways on how we can secure a functioning and safe space for journalists to allow them to fully perform their duty as watchdogs and truth-tellers.
Source: CHR
Date: Nov 11, 2018
The first national multi-stakeholder consultation on the crafting of a Philippine plan of action on journalist safety took place in Manila on 7 November where civil society, government officials, media and academia gathered to improve the safety of journalists in the Philippines.
Source: https://philpressinstitute.net/
Date: Nov 22, 2019
MANILA, Philippines – A group composed of members of media, the government, the academe, and civil society launched the Philippine Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists (PPASJ) on Friday, November 22.
Source: Rappler
Date: May 28, 2021
SOURCE: AIJC
Date: June 9, 2021
The Commission on Human Rights, in a recent forum, unveiled enhanced safety mechanisms for journalists as its contribution to the protection of press freedom in the country. How much difference can the CHR, already in the crosshairs of the Duterte administration, make in an environment increasingly dangerous for media and human rights defenders?
“The state of press freedom in the country is a cause for concern for the CHR,’’ executive director and spokesperson Jacqueline de Guia said in the online launch of the “Safeguarding Journalists and Human Rights Defenders in the Philippines,” a project funded by the European Union and implemented by the International Media Support (IMS) and the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication.
Source: Inquirer
Date: August 25, 2022
SOURCE: AIJC
Date: August 25, 2022
Media, military hold in-person safety dialogue in Pampanga
Source: Inquirer
Media, military hold in-person safety dialogue in Pampanga
Date: November 2, 2022
‘Recent journalist killings raise fears that climate of impunity may endure under Marcos Jr.’
Source: Bulatlat
Date: October 28, 2022
EU, UN officers raise concern on ‘harassment’ of Philippine journalists
Source: ABS-CBN News
Date: October 28, 2022
Staying alert: Media and human rights workers discuss safety amid threats and attacks
Source: Facebook
Date: November 11, 2022
Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication (AIJC) Managing Director Kristian Pura and Director Therese San Diego Torres participated in the “High-Level Conference to Mark the 10th Anniversary of the United Nations Plan of Action on Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity” at the historical Palais Niederösterreich in Vienna, Austria, on November 3-4, 2022.
Source Facebook
Date: May 3, 2023
Professionalism and integrity help protect journalists.
Support the Philippine Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists! #AlertoTayo
#WorldPressFreedomDay
Source: Facebook
Date: May 3, 2023
Professionalism and integrity help protect journalists.
Support the Philippine Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists! #AlertoTayo
#WorldPressFreedomDay
Source: Facebook
Date: May 3, 2023
Legal defense should be strengthened for journalists and media workers. Also, laws and policies that imperil or undermine press freedom and journalist safety should be repealed and amended.
Support the Philippine Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists! #AlertoTayo
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