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The shield that became a weapon: Press Freedom Law is being used to suppress campus journalists

Summary by MindaNews
Rights Report Philippines WHEN the entire editorial board of Primum, the student publication of the University of Mindanao in Davao City, resigned en masse in early March, it was both a dramatic act of protest and a sadly familiar story. The trouble had been building for weeks. In February, Primum published an article about Sen. Robin Padilla’s remarks calling today’s youth weak. Then, on Feb. 20, a writer using the pseudonym Silakbo posted “Ale…
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MindaNews broke the news in on Sunday, March 22, 2026.
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