Asia-Pacific Regional Director Nicholas Bequelin
With this latest assault on independent media, the human rights record of the Philippines continues its free fall. It is time for the UN to urgently open an international investigation into the country’s human rights crisis, in line with the recent conclusions of the UN Human Rights office itself. This guilty verdict follows the shutdown of ABS-CBN, which remains off the air – also after coming under the President’s attacks. The international community cannot remain silent in the face of this brazen vendetta against the press.Duterte is on a roll; after the shutdown of a broadcasting giant, an online news site is now the target of state persecution. This is plain and simple attack against freedom of the press and speech.
We stand in solidarity with media workers and all those who rightly condemn this most recent attack on press freedom and of the people’s rights to information and free speech. Filipinos should resist the growing threats and violations against our Constitutionally protected rights.Today is another day of infamy for freedom of the press.
This conviction teaches you, Rappler, that you should stop misinforming people and refrain from publishing fake news.
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