Press freedom advocates, rights groups assail court delays five years after Tacloban 5 arrest

Human rights defenders and press freedom advocates trooped to the Department of Justice to mark the fifth year of the arrest of five activists in Tacloban and assail the Marcos Jr. administration’s slow-paced court proceedings in cases of political persecution. On February 7, 2020, KARAPATAN human rights worker Alexander Philip “Chakoy” Abinguna, community journalist Frenchie … Continue reading Press freedom advocates, rights groups assail court delays five years after Tacloban 5 arrest