Media Workers in the Philippines Threatened in Their Line of Work
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Excerpt….
23/08/2007
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has denounced the recent harassment of two media workers in separate incidents in which a television reporter was assaulted and death threats issued to a radio manager in the Philippines.
“The constant threat of violence to media personnel in the Philippines is a very serious public matter,” IFJ Asia-Pacific Director Jacqueline Park said.
“Government inaction has been occurring for far too long in addressing this shocking issue in which the Philippines’ media continues to be an unjust and unsafe working environment, “ Park said.
Reporter and taxi driver attacked by Philippines’ basketball star
According to IFJ affiliate the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), ABS-CBN reporter Gretchen Malalad was mauled by former professional basketball player Paul ‘Bong’ Alvarez.
The incident occurred when she was attempting to interview taxi driver William Cabanlit who reportedly claimed he was earlier kicked and hit in the face with a bottle by an intoxicated Alvarez on August 21.
Having refused to be interviewed in relation to the incident, Alvarez proceeded to attack Maladad in an attempt to prevent her from questioning Cabanlit.
Captured by an ABS-CBN cameraman, Alvarez reportedly elbowed the reporter in the face and neck, pulled her hair and punched her on the forehead, to which Malalad returned a hit in defence.
Malalad and Cabanlit have both filed separate incident complaints against Alvarez, who is currently detained at Mandaluyong police station.
“These attacks are direct attempts to not only endanger the lives of the media workers and their loved ones, but to ultimately prevent the truth from being broadcast to the public,” Park said.
For further information contact IFJ Asia-Pacific on +61 2 9333 0919
Taken from: www.ifj.org/default.asp?index=5240&Language=EN
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