CHR calls for stronger protection of journalists during National Press Week 2026
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) calls for stronger and sustained measures to protect journalists and media workers as the country marks National Press Week from 08 to 14 February. The Commission stresses that the public’s right to truth cannot be upheld while journalists continue to face threats, harassment, violence, and legal intimidation in the […]
Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the September 21 protests
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR), through its National Capital Region office and a composite team from the CHR Human Rights Protection Office from the Central Office, monitored the series of protest actions to denounce the widespread corruption in government on Sunday, 21 September 2025. CHR teams were dispatched at the Luneta Park, the EDSA […]
Statement of the Commission on Human Rights against the red-tagging of the NUJP-affiliated journalists in an SMNI program
On World Press Freedom Day, 03 May 2023, hosts of the show “Laban Kasama ng Bayan” of Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI) red-tagged journalists affiliated with the National Union of Journalists in the Philippines (NUJP). The SMNI hosts alleged that NUJP is a communist-led organization and proceeded to accuse NUJP Chairperson and Philstar.com news section […]
Statement on the World Press Freedom Day
PRESS STATEMENT 4 May 2017 Statement on the World Press Freedom Day The Commission on Human Rights Philippines is one in celebrating the World Press Freedom Day! Today, we commemorate the fundamental principles of press freedom and pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession. This is also […]