In the wake of attacks against media practitioners, with some resulting in deaths, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) will hold a forum on safety on Saturday, July 13.
A news anchor of a local radio station in Kidapawan City was shot dead on by a riding-in-tandem team last, Wednesday evening, July 10.
A Lumad leader and a farmer-activists were gunned down in separate incidents in the province of Bukidnon.
Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) member-states to support the move of the Iceland government on the promotion and protection of human rights in the Philippines during the council’s 41st session.
Progressive groups lambasted National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr.’s for saying that they are lying to the public.