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From: "HURIDOCS" <info@huridocs.org>
Subject: Philippine Human Rights Reporting Project
Date: 2008-02-12 10:31
The Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) now operates a major new media project in Asia, the Philippine Human Rights Reporting Project website. The Project platforms and promotes human rights coverage in the Philippine media and aims to root better awareness of and adherence to human rights in society for the benefit and protection of all. The Philippine Human Rights Reporting Project happens at a time of growing calls, here and abroad, to the Philippine State to put an end to the worsening human rights violations against activists, journalists and civilians. It aims to root human rights awareness in Philippine journalism and to contribute to the promotion and protection of human rights in the Philippine society. The Project provides dedicated and specialized training on human rights issues. It commissions, publishes and disseminates papers, analysis, research and investigative stories and reports on human rights issues in the Philippines, including original blogs and print, audio and video reports. It reviews media coverage of human rights issues, organizes events and outreach activities to promote understanding that each and every one has the responsibility and duty to observe and promote human rights for all. The Philippine Human Rights Reporting Project believes that supporting media's initiatives to improve its reporting helps create an environment where journalists are able to do their work right and on time in defending human rights and democracy. To learn more about the IWPR's new Philippine Human Rights Reporting Project visit their website at http://www.rightsreporting.net/