“The world recognizes in Frenchie Mae a journalist imprisoned for doing her job — and in that recognition lies the…
The Philippine government’s own human rights body released this week an important report on red-tagging, its second in six years.…
A TACLOBAN court on Friday affirmed the terrorism financing conviction of community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and lay worker Marielle…
The Philippines already carries a “Repressed” rating from the CIVICUS monitor, the second worst designation a country can receive. THE…
NEWS ANALYSIS: A critical ruling due on Monday, March 23, could test whether Philippine courts will keep sustaining charges that…
A new CIVICUS report documents a sweeping pattern of criminalization, torture, fabricated charges, and red-tagging against peaceful protesters, human rights…
United Nations human rights experts are demanding the release of Filipino journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and human rights defender Marielle…
These frameworks played a role in the surge in the number of terrorism financing cases filed by the Philippine government…
The same apparatus of repression bearing down on journalists in the Philippines is also crushing the broader civil society, often…
By Carlos Conde Yesterday’s court conviction of Frenchie Mae Cumpio and Mariel Domequil has surprised many, especially since she was acquitted of…