SOMEONE ELSE’S WINDOWS: Human rights and the perils of reporting

MALAYBALAY CITY – Last week, I facilitated two sessions of a training on human rights reporting organized by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. One was held in Butuan City and the other in Cagayan de Oro City.

Reporters who refuse to toe the line would encounter difficulties in getting access to police reports and other official documents due to the “rules” set by the agencies involved. This holds true for both “ordinary” suspects and suspects who happen to be influential or high ranking officials, but more pronounced in the case of the latter. They also complained that the police would bar them from interviewing suspects in detention.

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