Arrest of Journalists Covering Peninsula Standoff: An Unprecedented Outrage

Statement of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility on the Arrest of Members of the Media Covering the Peninsula Hotel Incident

Never in the turbulent recent history of the Philippines has any government, including that of Ferdinand Marcos, ever taken into custody members of the media who were on the scene to do their jobs.

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Philippines: Filipino people should resist the Arroyo regime?s repressive measures and persevere in the fight for change

References: Carol Araullo, chairperson Renato Reyes, Jr., secretary general Filipino people should resist the Arroyo regime?s repressive measures and persevere in the fight for change On the birth anniversary of…

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