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Getting Away With Murder

April 17, 2012 12:01 AM EDT

CPJ’s 2012 Impunity Index spotlights countrieswhere journalists are slain and killers go free

A poster of names lists journalists slain in the Philippines since 1986. (Reuters/Romeo Ranoco)

On Philippines’ canvas of injustice, anything goes

April 17, 2012 12:00 AM EDT

Romeo Olea’s unsolved murder is tragically typical of media killings in the Philippines. Before his death, the radio commentator had received anonymous threats over his reports on local government corruption.

The wife of Philippines journalist Gerardo Ortega looks at his picture. (AFP/Noel Celis)

In the Philippines, two murders that should be solved

March 28, 2012 2:47 PM EDT

The investigation into the notorious murder of muckraking Philippine journalist Marlene Garcia-Esperat in Mindanao is now seven years old. A separate hunt for conspirators in the January 2011 killing of Palawan radio journalist Gerardo Ortega is just getting started. The Regional Trial Court in Puerto Princesa City issued arrest warrants against three suspects in the…

Ex-official accused in Philippine journalist murder

March 13, 2012 4:48 PM EDT

New York, March 13, 2012–After reviewing evidence in the 2011 killing of journalist Gerardo Ortega, the Philippine Department of Justice on Tuesday recommended that murder charges be filed against ex-governor Joel Reyes in the local courts, news reports said. In doing so, the department reversed an earlier decision not to pursue charges against Reyes.Although the accused…

Philippine journalist critically injured in shooting

March 12, 2012 1:14 PM EDT

New York, March 12, 2012–Philippine authorities must immediately launch an investigation into the shooting of journalist Fernan Angeles, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. CPJ is investigating the motive in the attack, which left the journalist hospitalized in critical condition today.

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…