Editorial: A call to end impunity in the killing of journalists
A Manila radio reporter and broadcaster, Jose Bernardo, was shot and killed in Quezon City last Saturday. He was the 170th journalist to be killed in the Philippines since 1986, the year press freedom was restored with the EDSA People Power Revolution that ended martial law and the dictatorship. The killing took place just two days before the observance on November 2 of International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, a day set aside by the United Nations in 2013 to call on member states to implement definite measures to end the culture of impunity in these crimes. The Philippines is one of four countries which the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) based in Brussels, Belgium, said have the worst records of impunity in the killing of journalists. The other three are Mexico, Yemen, and Ukraine. Fifty journalists have been killed in line of duty in Mexico since [...]