Скачать или смотреть "Black Friday" protest over Philippine government “attacks” on media

(19 Jan 2018) Hundreds of journalists and media groups held a protest action on Friday to condemn the Philippine government's series of attacks against press freedom after a securities commission revoked the registration of an online news outfit for its critical reporting on President Rodrigo Duterte.
The Securities and Exchange Commission said in a ruling made public on Monday that Rappler violated the constitutional prohibition on foreign ownership and control of mass media companies when it received investment from an international investment firm.
Rappler said it would fight the ruling in the courts and continue to operate.
It acknowledged it has two foreign investors, Omidyar Network and North Base Media, but said it "remains 100 percent Filipino-owned" and that the foreigners have no voting rights or a say in its management and news operations.
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines expressed outrage over the ruling and called on Filipino journalists "to unite and resist every and all attempts to silence us."
Rappler CEO Maria Ressa has also been summoned by the Philippines National Bureau of Investigation to answer a complaint for cybercrime this coming Monday in connection with a 2012 published news article.
Duterte's spokesman has denied the Duterte administration was curtailing freedom of the press.
The brash-talking Duterte accused Rappler last year of being owned by Americans in violation of the Philippine constitution and also said that the news outfit was funded by the Central Intelligence Agency.
Rappler denied the allegations.

Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
Twitter:   / ap_archive  
Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​
Instagram:   / apnews  


You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...