Cumpio and the wider war on dissent
The arrest and prolonged detention of journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, who spent her birthday on Feb. 7 in a Tacloban jail, sparked outrage among press freedom advocates worldwide. Rightly so. Convicted recently of alleged terrorism financing, Cumpio became a symbol of the Philippine government’s assault on press freedom. A community journalist in the insurgency-wracked Eastern […]... Keep on reading: Cumpio and the wider war on dissent