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  • Philippines
  • November 18, 2022 , 12:03pm

Recent journalist killings raise fears that climate of impunity may endure under Marcos Jr.’

Recent journalist killings raise fears that climate of impunity may endure under Marcos Jr.’

By DANIEL ASIDO and JONAS ALPASAN
Bulatlat.com

MANILA – Under a Marcos Jr. administration, a New York-based media watchdog said that the climate of impunity may continue in the Philippines, following the recent killings of two journalists.

In its report, the Committee to Protect Journalists said that the new administration “brought
hope of a shift” from former President Rodrigo Duterte’s attacks against Filipino journalists. However, recent murders of radio journalists Percival Mabasa, a vocal critic of Duterte and Marcos Jr., and Reynaldo Blanco, who reported on local politics and corruption, raised fears that the climate of violence and impunity will endure.

This year, the Philippines ranked seventh in CPJ’s Global Impunity Index as they revisited unresolved journalist killings in relation to the country’s population in the past 10 years.

The country has been in the index for the last 15 years.

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