The member states of the UNHRC called on the Philippine government to take measures to ensure the safety of media workers in the exercise of their freedom of opinion, expression, and association. Read this story by CEBacligINQ to know more. INQFocus
On July 3, 2020, despite massive opposition, then-President Rodrigo Duterte signed the controversial Anti-Terror Bill into law, which criminalizes incitement of terrorism “by means of speeches, proclamations, writings, emblems, banners or other representations.”
Both articles from the Revised Penal Code mentioned by Taylor, as well as a section in the Republic Act No. 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, discussed libel—including its definition and punishment. According to the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility , criminal libel is “one of the most abused means to suppress free expression and press freedom in the Philippines.”
In July this year, the UN special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression Irene Khan slammed the Philippines Court of Appeals’ decision to uphold the 2020 cyber libel conviction of Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and Rappler former researcher-writer Reynaldo Santos Jr.“The criminalization of journalists for libel impedes public interest reporting and is incompatible with the right to freedom of expression.
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