THE National Union of Journalists of the Philippines on Thursday scored the Duterte administration for letting media killings go unpunished. “Impunity exists to this day under the Rodrigo Duterte government, which is not doing any better than his predecessors. In fact, he himself justified the killings of journalists that contribute to the fact journalists are still being attacked and killed,” the group added. The “Getting Away with Murder: 2017 Global Impunity Index” also noted that no convictions have been achieved despite the formation of a task force on media killings. “We still demand that President Duterte order a stop to media killings and impunity in this country.

Source: The Standard November 02, 2017 15:04 UTC