Asia Pacific, Media, Newspapers & magazines, Philippines, Press freedom, Rodrigo Duterte, World news
Philippines moves to strip biggest media group of its franchise
Action against ABS-CBN denounced as worst attack yet on press by Rodrigo Duterte
Activists and media organisations in the Philippines have denounced Rodrigo Duterte’s government after its lawyers moved to strip the nation’s biggest media group of its franchise in the most severe attack on press freedom in the country yet.
Duterte has repeatedly pledged to stop the broadcast operations of ABS-CBN and expressed anger over its reporting during the 2016 presidential election campaign.