NUJP on arrest attempt vs Palace reporter
Monday, November 13th, 2006STATEMENT
November 11, 2006
Arrest attempt on Gonzales shows utter disregard for press freedom and the working journalist
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) is extremely alarmed at the attempt by policemen to serve an arrest warrant on MalacaƱang reporter Mia Gonzales right in the Press Working Area of the MalacaƱang Press Corps, of which she is vice president for print.
Gonzales, who now writes for Business Mirror, is one of the 43 journalists facing libel suits filed by the president’s husband Joe Miguel “Mike” Arroyo. The suit against Gonzales stemmed from an article on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo published in Newsbreak magazine on June 7, 2004 titled, “Will She Now Change?”. (more…)

