Media organizations hold Global Day of Solidarity confab
MANILA, Philippines/09 December 2009—Representatives of various media groups this afternoon converged at Intramuros to commemmorate Global Day of Solidarity and “demand justice for the 31 journalists slaughtered in Maguindanao province of the Philippines on 23 November.”
In a rare opportunity, representatives of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), convened “to bring support to the massacre victims and investigate the Ampatuan Massacre’s circumstances.”
The activity was also attended by representatives from the Indonesia’s Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI), Australia’s Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance, the Thai Journalists’ Association (TJA) Southeast Asia Press Alliance (SEAPA), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), International News Safety Institute (INSI), International Media Support (IMS), the Institute for Studies on the Free Flow of Information (ISAI) and Union Network International (UNI). (TPSA)
