ampatuan Archives

JUSTICE FOR 58: A SUMMARY OF THE AMPATUAN MASSACRE TRIAL

By the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) Freedom for Media, Freedom for All Network ON DEC. 19, 2019, Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes, presiding judge of Branch 221 of... Read more

QC court denies massacre suspect’s bail petitions

The Quezon City court hearing the murder cases against the alleged perpetrators of the November 23, 2009 Ampatuan (Maguindanao) Massacre denied the petitions for bail of another primary suspect. Read more

Women in media: Ten women killed for their work as journalists (1990-2014)

The Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) has recorded that 10 of the 146 journalists killed in the line of duty since 1986 are women. To mark the... Read more

Supreme Court affirms denial of live coverage of Ampatuan trial

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – THE SUPREME COURT of the Philippines affirmed its 23 October 2012 decision which disallowed live media broadcast of the hearings being conducted by Branch 221 of the... Read more

49 more suspects charged in Ampatuan Massacre

FORTY-NINE more individuals including local government officials and police officers were charged before the provincial prosecutor of Maguindanao last January 7, 2015 for the planning, execution and cover-up of... Read more

Court grants bail petition of accused in 2009 Massacre   (UPDATED)

A member of the Ampatuan clan allegedly involved in the Nov. 23 2009 Maguindanao Massacre may be temporarily released after the Quezon City trial court hearing the case approved... Read more

STORIFY: Million Candles Campaign

Ampatuan prosecution witness killed, another injured

CMFR/Philippines – A witness for the prosecution in the Ampatuan (Maguindanao) Massacre Trial was killed and another injured when they were ambushed in Shariff Aguak town, Maguindanao province on... Read more

FFFJ: Lift the Ban on Media Coverage of the Ampatuan Massacre Trial

Is vital information being concealed from the public? STATEMENT OF THE FREEDOM FUND FOR FILIPINO JOURNALISTS A coalition of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP), the Philippine... Read more

FFFJ: Lift the Ban on Media Coverage of the Ampatuan Massacre Trial

STATEMENT OF THE FREEDOM FUND FOR FILIPINO JOURNALISTS A coalition of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP), the Philippine Center Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), the Center for Media Freedom... Read more