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Two men attempted to kill a radio journalist on Friday. Here, reporters and students protest the high number of unsolved journalist murders across the Philippines. (AP/Bullit Marquez)

Radio journalist shot, wounded in the Philippines

March 5, 2012 1:13 PM EST

New York, March 5, 2012–Philippine authorities must apprehend the assailants in Friday’s attack on radio journalist Fernando Gabio, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Attacks on the Press in 2011: Fighting Impunity

February 21, 2012 11:35 PM EST

The global rate of unpunished murders remains stubbornly high at just below 90 percent. Senior officials in the most dangerous countries are finally acknowledging the problem — the first step in what will be a long, hard battle. By Elisabeth Witchel

An advocate for the Maguindanao massacre victims appears at a court hearing near several police officers charged in the killings. (Reuters/Romeo Ranoco)

Attacks on the Press: Will Philippines Fail on Maguindanao?

February 21, 2012 11:26 PM EST

Nearly two years since 32 journalists were murdered, the fight for justice has both intensified in rhetoric and bogged down in technicalities. Without a greater commitment of resources, the litmus test is one the Philippines could fail. By Shawn W. Crispin

Attacks on the Press in 2011: Journalists Killed

February 21, 2012 4:37 PM EST

Murders decline, but fatalities rise during coverage of protests. Photographers and freelancers pay an especially high price. Pakistan is the world’s most dangerous nation.

Attacks on the Press in 2011: Philippines

February 21, 2012 12:21 AM EST

Despite high levels of press and Internet freedom, provincial journalists worked under constant threat of reprisal. Two broadcast journalists, Gerardo Ortega and Romeo Olea, were shot and killed for their reporting. Both cases were unsolved by year’s end, underscoring the country’s third worst ranking on CPJ’s 2011 Impunity Index, which calculates unsolved journalist murders as…

Philippine journalist shot, killed in front of wife, daughter

January 6, 2012 10:59 AM EST

Bangkok, January 6, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the shooting death of Philippine radio commentator and community newspaper publisher Christopher Guarin and calls on authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice quickly.

For journalists, coverage of political unrest proves deadly

December 20, 2011 12:01 AM EST

Journalists die at high rates while covering protests in the Arab world and elsewhere. Photographers and freelancers appear vulnerable. Pakistan is again the deadliest nation. A CPJ special report

In Philippines, gunmen shoot radio journalist

November 28, 2011 2:10 PM EST

Bangkok, November 28, 2011–A Philippine radio journalist who reported critically on local corruption and drug trafficking was shot and seriously wounded on November 24, a day after the International Day to End Impunity was commemorated.

Umar Cheema, left, of Pakistan and Javier Valdez Cárdenas of Mexico, both 2011 International Press Freedom Award winners, are all too familiar with the culture of impunity. (CPJ)

A call to continue the struggle against impunity

November 23, 2011 11:47 AM EST

Last night, hundreds of journalists and members of New York’s press freedom community met at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Manhattan for the Committee to Protect Journalists’ XXI annual International Press Freedom Awards. At the event–celebrating the extraordinary courage of five journalists from across the globe–guests and award recipients unanimously expressed their commitment to fighting…

Broadcaster gunned down in the Philippines

October 19, 2011 1:35 PM EDT

New York, October 19, 2011–A radio commentator and anti-mining tribal activist who was scheduled to launch a new radio station program in a few days was gunned down in the southern Philippines on October 14, news reports said.