Forgotten Justice: remembering the tragic events of the Maguindanao Massacre on its 15th year of commemoration

Today, we mark the 15th anniversary of the brutal “Maguindanao Massacre” a day that forever scarred the Philippine nation. On 23 November 2009, members of the Ampatuan clan brutally murdered 58 innocent individuals in a targeted display of election-related violence. The death toll included 32 journalists. The massacre shocked the country. It also marked the Philippines as one of the most dangerous countries for journalists in Southeast Asia in that year. The international community has called it the single most deadly attack against journalists in the world.

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