Detained female journalist given additional criminal charges

Description

Murder and attempted murder charges were filed against community journalist, Frenchie Mae Cumpio, a human rights defender, Alexander “Chakoy” Abinguna, and slain revolutionary, Joshua Sagdullas, in Laoang, Northern Samar Regional Trial Court, The Philippines.

The cases were filed in 2021 and were only made known to the accused recently.

Information
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
1
Do they work as freelance or media?
Yes
Position in media
Editor in chief
Status of journalists
Full time
Gender
Female
Age
15-24
Country
Region VIII – Eastern Visayas
Full name or name of group
Identified
The name of perpetrator (individual/group)
Philippine Army
Background (state actor or non state actor)
State actor (Police officer, Military officer, Government, public institution, etc)
Gender
Data not collected
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Type of incident
Criminal lawsuit/charge: Other charge
Please type the data source here (text)
The report was given to PFMSEA Philippines coordinator in a private message.