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No media coverage of massacre trial

MANILA, Philippines?The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that it is prohibiting the live media broadcast of the Maguindanao massacre trial.

In a resolution released Monday, the high court partially granted the motion filed by Andal Ampatuan Jr. who told the high court that in allowing the public trial will deprive him of his rights to due process, equal protection, presumption of innocence, and to be shielded from degrading psychological punishment.

?While this court recognizes the freedom of the press and the right to public information, which by the way are rights that belong to non-direct parties to the case, the rights of the direct parties should not be forgotten. In a cl...Keep on reading: No media coverage of massacre trial

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