UN expert urged to probe continued assaults on free speech under MarcosLet’s Organize for Democracy and Integrity on the celebration of the World Press Freedom Day Thursday sent a six-page petition to David Kaye, UN special rapporteur on the promotion of the right to freedom of opinion and expression. Khan will be visiting the country from January 23 to February 2 to take stock of the Philippines' state of free speech and press freedom. While Marcos does not openly encourage violence against media workers, unlike Duterte, concerns remain over whether the current administration has done enough to safeguard journalists from retribution and harassment. Nearly a quarter of the incidents documented by NUJP in 2023 were also related to the red-tagging of media workers. “Regarding the people's rights to freedom of expression, Indigenous Peoples in the country indomitably assert their rights to land and self-determination.
