Filipina reporter held for past year on trumped-up firearms charge

By DBastard

NewsOn judicial consistency grounds, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of Frenchie Mae Cumpio, an alternative journalist held on a trumped-up firearms charge for the past year in the eastern city of Tacloban, after last week’s decision by a Manila court to free Lady Ann Salem, an alternative journalist held on an identical charge since December.The court in the Manila suburb of Mandaluyong released Lady Ann “Icy” Salem, the editor of the Manila Today news website, on 5 February after ruling that the search warrant

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