The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines expressed concern over the shutting down of its website (www.nujp.org). The site could not be accessed practically the whole day Wednesday after its database server was hacked.
The hacker also tried, but failed to delete or change NUJP's database files and illegally made too many connections to the server that prevented other users and readers from accessing the site.
The site was up again later Wednesday, said NUJP in a statement released Thursday.
The website has been publishing statements, manifestos and updates condemning the latest crackdown by the government on the Philippine press. It also serves as a database of the numerous attacks and murders of journalists in the Philippines. Many journalists and citizens from around the world refer to the site for materials on press freedom in the Philippines.
In view of the attempts by the Arroyo administration to muzzle or intimidate the press through Proclamation 1017, which the NUJP deems inimical to press freedom, to civil liberties and to the public interest, preventing us from publishing our website is distressing, to say the least. This is no different from forcibly closing down a publication.
The government must stop trying to intimidate journalists. We urge our colleagues in the press to defy Proclamation 1017 and resist the efforts by this government to violate our basic freedoms.
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