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PH retains ranking, still 7th most dangerous country for journalists - report

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Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Press freedom advocates join ABS-CBN employees during a candle lighting event led by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, a year after ABS-CBN went off-air, outside its broadcasting center in Quezon City on May 5, 2021. Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/10/29/20210505-abs-cbn-shutdown-anniv-md-6.jpg" class="fr-dib" style="width:950px"/><figcaption>Press freedom advocates join ABS-CBN employees during a candle lighting event led by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, a year after ABS-CBN went off-air, outside its broadcasting center in Quezon City on May 5, 2021. <em>Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA— The Philippines is still the 7th most dangerous country for journalists worldwide, as several murders involving media workers remained unsolved, a <a href="https://cpj.org/reports/2021/10/killers-of-journalists-still-get-away-with-murder/">report </a>showed.</p><p>The country retained its rank last year, when it was based on the Global Impunity Index 2021 released by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday.</p><ul class="op-related-articles"><li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/29/20/ph-out-of-top-5-deadliest-countries-for-journalists-after-10-years-but-still-7th-most-dangerous">PH out of top 5 deadliest countries for journalists after 10 years, but still 7th most dangerous</a></li></ul><p>Somalia ranked first on the index, followed by Syria, Iraq, and South Sudan.</p><p>The countries are currently experiencing conflict and &quot;weak judicial mechanisms,&quot; CPJ said, which impacts incidence of violence towards media workers there.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="The Philippines is still the 7th most dangerous country for journalists worldwide in 2021, the Committee to Protect Journalists said." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/10/29/journalists.jpg" class="fr-dib" style="width:950px"/><figcaption>The Philippines is still the 7th most dangerous country for journalists worldwide in 2021, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.</figcaption></figure></div><p>Meanwhile, CPJ noted that the Philippines still has 13 unsolved murders involving journalists. The index covers the period September 1, 2011, to August 31, 2021.</p><p>This is up by 2 from last year&#x27;s 11 unsolved murders.</p><p>The methodology of CPJ’s Impunity Index involves the calculation of the number of unsolved journalist murders as a percentage of each country’s population from the said timeline.</p><ul class="op-related-articles"><li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/10/14/21/sws-is-reporting-truth-vs-duterte-admin-dangerous">SWS: Nearly half of Filipinos say reporting vs Duterte administration &#x27;dangerous&#x27;</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Only those nations with five or more unsolved cases are included on the index. CPJ defines murder as a deliberate killing of a specific journalist in retaliation for the victim’s work,&quot; the watchdog explained.</p><p>The index also said that 278 journalists were murdered globally in the past 10 years. Of the cases, 226 or 81 percent remained unsolved.</p><p>“CPJ recorded complete impunity, meaning no one has been convicted in connection with the crime,&quot; the report read.</p><p>&quot;No one has been held to account in 81 percent of journalist murders during the last 10 years.&quot;</p><div><strong>Here are the top 12 countries considered most dangerous for journalists this year based on the index: </strong></div><p>1. Somalia (25 unsolved murders)<br/>2. Syria (21 unsolved murders)<br/>3. Iraq (18 unsolved murders)<br/>4. South Sudan (5 unsolved murders)<br/>5. Afghanistan (17 unsolved murders)<br/>6. Mexico (27 unsolved murders)<br/>7. Philippines (13 unsolved murders)<br/>8. Brazil (14 unsolved murders)<br/>9. Pakistan (12 unsolved murders)<br/>10. Russia (6 unsolved murders)<br/>11. Bangladesh (6 unsolved murders)<br/>12. India (20 unsolved murders)</p><p>The country last year was out of the top 5 in the index, 10 years after being in the said range.</p><p>In the past 6 years of the Duterte administration, the media have come under threat, with organizations shut down and some journalists barred from coverage.</p><ul class="op-related-articles"><li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/13/21/duterte-says-press-freedom-vital-to-democracy">Duterte says press freedom &#x27;vital&#x27; to democracy</a></li></ul><p>Duterte, however, has said that press freedom &quot;is vital in a nation’s vibrant democracy,&quot; despite accusations it has been under fire during his administration.</p><p>Duterte made the comment to mark the fifth anniversary of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security earlier this month, a body he created to end violence against journalists.</p><div><strong>WATCH</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1813281" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

CPJ noted that the Philippines still has 13 unsolved murders involving journalists. The index covers the period September 1, 2011, to August 31, 2021.

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PH retains ranking, still 7th most dangerous country for journalists - report

Job Manahan,

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Published Oct 29, 2021 07:08 PM PHT

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Updated Nov 04, 2024 10:10 AM PHT

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