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NUJP, media groups to hold protest rallies nationwide on Aug. 16
by NUJP
Sunday, Aug. 15, 2004 at 3:31 PM
Announcement from the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines and other media groups -- among them the Press Photographers of the Philippines, the Philippine Center for Photojournalism, the Mindanao Institute for Journalism, College Editors Guild of the Philippines, the Union of Journalists of the Philippines-UP, the Batangas Newswriters Association, and several provincial members of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkasters ng Pilipinas -- will hold a nationwide protest rally on Monday, Aug. 16, on the failure of the authorities to solve the killings of journalists over the years. Several chapters of the NUJP in the provinces will also hold their own protest actions on the same day.
In Manila, the journalists will rally in front of the headquarters of the Philippine National Police in Camp Crame, Quezon City. Assembly area is the Soliven Tower near the MRT Santolan Station at 9 a.m.
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