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Blog | Philippines

Jose Pavia, press freedom champion, dies at 72

By Shawn W. Crispin / Senior Southeast Asia Representative
Jose Pavia, a veteran journalist and tireless press freedom advocate, died on April 18 in the Philippines. Pavia, known simply as "JLP" among his friends and journalist colleagues, was a key partner in CPJ's Global Campaign Against Impunity. He was 72 and had been battling cancer.
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April 20, 2011 4:23 PM ET | | Comments (1)
Tags: Ferdinand Marcos, Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists, Impunity Index, Jose Pavia, Leo Dacera, Philippine News Agency
Blog | Philippines

Remembering Philippine prosecutor Leo Dacera

By Joel Simon/CPJ Executive Director
CMFR

Leo Dacera, a senior state prosecutor and head of the witness protection program for the Philippine Department of Justice, died suddenly on November 4. Initial news reports said Dacera, 54, left, was the victim of an apparent heart attack. Dacera's untimely death is a tremendous blow to all those seeking to end the culture of impunity in Philippine journalist murders. 

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November 8, 2010 12:22 PM ET | | Comments (5)
Tags: Impunity, Knight Foundation, Leo Dacera, Maguindanao, Marlene Garcia-Esperat

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