The archipelago nation is one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MANILA - A journalist was among five people wounded in an ambush in Manila, Philippine police said on Friday, the latest of a long list of violence against journalists.
Police have not named a suspect but Mr Torre told Manila radio station DWPM in an interview that it could be linked to his work documenting a deadly seven-year-old crackdown on illegal drugs. With three journalists killed in the past year, the Philippines ranks seventh in the Committee to Protect Journalists’ “Impunity Index”, which measures unsolved journalist murders relative to the total population.
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