On the fourth anniversary of the Tacloban City raids, which resulted in the arrest of community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and four human rights advocates, collectively dubbed as the 'Tacloban 5,' media groups led by Altermidya Network sent a letter to Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin...
This article was originally published in easternvista.net on February 6, 2020. It was the last article published by Frenchie Mae Cumpio before her arrest on February 7, 2020. The bourgeois system confused us with the many definitions of love that they wanted us to...
Altermidya Network applauds the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression for visiting detained community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, as well as church worker Marielle Domequil and human rights defender Alexander Abinguna in Tacloban City Jail on...
MANILA – Bearing handbells, media groups led by Altermidya Network trooped to the Department of Justice in Manila on Tuesday, January 23, to call for the immediate release of detained community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio. The protest was in time for Frenchie Mae’s...
Community media group AlterMidya Network challenges the Philippine government to disclose the country’s real record on free expression as it prepares for the upcoming visit of UN envoy Irene Khan. The group is reacting to the statement of the Department of Foreign...
Joint Statement For the past three years, community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio has been detained over trumped-up charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives and terrorist financing. Frenchie Mae is part of the ‘Tacloban 5’ human rights defenders who...
Sa hindi pagbitaw Ni Frenchie Mae Cumpio* Salamat Hanggang ngayon mahigpit ang pagtangan Sa gitna ng ligalig at kagipitan Sa kabila ng unos na bumubuhos sa bayan Dama ko ang pagod mo Na isigaw ang katotohanang pilit binubura Na mga ganid na nagpapakalat ng katha At...
Sa ikalawang taong pagkakakulong ng community journalist na si Frenchie Mae Cumpio at lay worker na si Mariel Domequil, wala pa ring hustisyang nakakamit. Ang inihain, bagong trumped-up charge ng 'terrorist financing.'...
Today, February 7, is community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio’s second year in jail. In the middle of her unjust and prolonged detention in Tacloban, another trumped-up case was filed against our colleague in another trial court.F
After being detained for over a year, how is Frenchie Mae Cumpio?
Court hearings for the case of Tacloban-based journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio resumed this week with the prosecution presenting more witnesses against our colleague. Many of these witnesses are reportedly the same police officers involved in Frenchie Mae's arrest. They...
Hindi palalagpasin ng alternative media groups ang sunod-sunod na pag-atake bunsod ng red-tagging.