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Freedom of speech and freedom of the press are enshrined in the 1987 Constitution.According to the Constitution, under Article XVI, Section 10, the State is obligated to "provide the policy environment for … the balanced flow of information into, out of, and across the country, in accordance with a policy that respects the freedom of speech and of the press."
According to the Philippine Movement for Press Freedom, 34 journalists were killed during the Marcos dictatorship. [28] In April 1973, student journalist and activist Liliosa Hilao was arrested, detained in Camp Crame, tortured, and killed by her military captors. [29] [30] She was the first political detainee killed during martial law. [31]
The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) is a private, non-stock, non-profit foundation in the Philippines that has focused its endeavor on press freedom protection along with the establishment of a framework of responsibility for its practice. Its programs represent efforts to protect the press as well as to promote professional ...
Violence against journalists, netizens, and media assistants, including abuses attributable to the state, armed militias, clandestine organizations or pressure groups, are monitored by RSF staff during the year and are also part of the final score. A higher score on the report corresponds to greater freedom of the press as reported by the ...
Two journalists who have fought to protect freedom of expression in Russia and the Philippines, angering authorities in both countries, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
The Philippine Commission on Human Rights supports the decriminalization of libel, citing concerns on libel laws being used to suppress freedom of the press. [31] Media watchdogs have called on Congress to decriminalize libel and cyber libel, with the NUJP noting how these are "commonly used weapons against independent journalism."
Reaction to the case was mixed. Before the verdict in April 2020, the annual Press Freedom Index report by Reporters Without Borders ranked the Philippines 136 out of 180 countries in terms of press freedom. [63] Historically, since the end of martial law under Ferdinand Marcos, the Philippines was regarded as having one of the most free ...
Philippine Movement for Press Freedom (PMPF): tally since President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law in 1972. [22] Until 1999, 87 journalists were reportedly slain. PMPF, defunct by the mid-2000s, was a media watchdog which monitored press freedom violations especially in the 1980s; also active during the administrations of C. Aquino and ...