By MANILA, Philippines – On World News Day, the Photojournalists’ Center of the Philippines (PCP) condemned the “violence, harassment, and intimidation committed by state forces against members of the press” during the anti-corruption rally in Manila on September 21.
In a statement on Sunday, the PCP claimed that the news media’s experiences on September 21 “demonstrate a disturbing pattern of hostility towards the press, reflecting a climate of impunity that emboldens state forces to attack those who document civic unrest.”
“The moment I saw a police was doing police brutality to a protester, I decided to shoot it [with my camera], but then there were five to 10 police around me, and I didn’t realize it immediately, but I was also beaten with an arnis stick. Thankfully, I was wearing a helmet, and I was also being pulled by the shirt from the side,” Madrid told the Inquirer.
