TNG-CWA Condemns Deadly Violence in Philippines, Pledges Support for Journalists

Contact: Bernie Lunzer, TNG-CWA Pres., 202-434-7175

Washington, D.C. -- The Newspaper Guild-CWA, on behalf of its 30,000 members in Canada and the United States, expresses its solidarity with the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines in condemning the violence that has led to the loss of at least 57 lives, including a reported 22 journalists, two days ago.

We share the sorrow of their families and colleagues.

TNG-CWA calls on the Philippine government to fully investigate this massacre and bring the killers to justice.

We also call on the international community, the United Nations in particular, to remind all states of their responsibility to fully investigate and prosecute such attacks on journalists and media staff. We pledge our support for an international journalists' mission to the Philippines to spotlight the crisis facing media there.