NUJP will continue to campaign against criminal libel

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) welcomes the Supreme Court circular urging judges to forgo imprisonment as a punishment for those convicted of libel.
Justice Puno’s bold move, one of many he has taken in defense of basic rights and liberties, gives us hope to continue calling on Congress to act on our [...]

NUJP protest letter on media repression in Pakistan

To His Excellency Mr. Muhammad Naeem Khan
Ambassador of Pakistan
Your Excellency,
On behalf of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines , I wish to express our strong condemnation of actions taken by the Government of President Pervez Musharraf in recent days which have accompanied the imposition of emergency powers. This has involved the suspension of [...]

Commissioned mural on press freedom altered without artists’ knowledge – IFJ

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is concerned by the changes made to the press freedom mural commissioned from the Neo-Angono Artists Collective by the National Press Club (NPC) in Manila , the Philippines .