US Edition‘A Well-Orchestrated Lie’: Detained Philippine Journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio Tells UN - Committee to Protect Journalists
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‘A well-orchestrated lie’: Detained Philippine journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio tells UN - Committee to Protect Journalists
Geneva, June 27, 2025—A handwritten letter by journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, who has been detained in the Philippines for more than five years without a conviction, was read out at the United Nations headquarters by U.N. special envoy Irene Khan, who called the 26-year-old’s prolonged detention “a travesty of justice.” It was the first time that Cumpio’s words have been heard internationally outside her prison cell in Tacloban City in the easte…
The National Union of Press Workers (SNTP) this Friday demanded the release of 20 communicators who are detained in the country in the framework of the Journalist’s Day that is celebrated on June 27. “Today is the National Journalist’s Day in Venezuela. 20 journalists and press workers are detained and at least 12 are subject to criminal proceedings with precautionary measures,” the agency said. SNTP also noted that due to the situation in the c…
Statement on United Nations Side Event with Committee to Protect Journalists and UN expert Irene Khan
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. repeatedly declared positive pronouncements pertaining to respect for press freedom and free expression. Compared to former president Rodrigo Duterte, he does not resort to verbal attacks against the media. The situation on the ground, however, belies any pretensions of an improved human rights situation in the Philippines. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) agrees with Special Rapporteur on Freedom…
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