Posts Tagged ‘impunity

TODAY, 57 months after the Ampatuan Massacre, justice has yet to be had for 58 people who were murdered on a hilltop in the village of Masalay in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao province. Exactly 57 months ago today, armed men believed to be under orders...

JUSTICE remains elusive for murdered journalists and their families as this year’s Global Impunity Index showed little to no improvement, according to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The Index, a list of countries where...

WHETHER working amid the backdrop of conflict or peace, journalists in Mindanao are having it the worst -- getting killed, attacked, abducted, charged with libel and, in at least one instance, even declared as persona non grata. The latest to be killed...