‘A well-orchestrated lie’: Detained Philippine journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio tells UN

Geneva, June 27, 2025—A handwritten letter by journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, who has been detained in the Philippines for more than five years without a conviction, was read out at the United Nations headquarters by U.N. special envoy Irene Khan, who called the 26-year-old’s prolonged detention “a travesty of justice.” It was the first time … Continue reading ‘A well-orchestrated lie’: Detained Philippine journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio tells UN