Maguindanao Massacre Story Index
On November 23, 2009, 57 Filipino civilians traveling to a political gathering were murdered by anti-government, Muslim militants in the southern province of Maguindanao. Thirty-two of those killed were journalists.
The case has taken on tremendous significance in the Philippines and also internationally as a test case for impunity and for press freedom and security.
Manlia-based Media Project members, and featured authors, Ben Cal and Baby Lyn Cacho Resulta, and Media Project CEO Arne Fjeldstad have been keeping our global community up to date on the developments in this case. Below is an index of their coverage of this urgent story.
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Live coverage permitted for Maguindanao trial (June 20, 2011)
In a landmark ruling, the Philippine Supreme Court (SC) has granted a petition filed by relatives of the Maguindanao massacre victims for live media coverage in the trial of the gory killings of 57 people, including 32 journalists in 2009.
Maguindanao case prosecutor attacked (March 16, 2011)
The infamous Maguindanao massacre
took another bizarre turn when two motorcycle gunmen riding in tandem shot and critically wounded a government prosecutor handling the case and a companion in a daring broad daylight attack along a busy thoroughfare in Cotabato City on Tuesday.
Rape charges add to Maguindanao tragedy (December 9, 2010)
Anger and relatives' cries for justice reverberated on Thursday at the resumption of the celebrated Maguindanao massacre trial as a medical legal officer testified that one of the victims may have been raped before she was shot to death.
Massacre suspects cleared of charges (April 22, 2010)
The celebrated Maguindanao massacre case took another twist when two members of the powerful Ampatuan clan tagged as two of the main suspects in the November 23, 2009, killings were cleared by the Department of Justice because the "existence of a conspiracy was not proven".
Massacre case dismissal foretold (April 12, 2010)
It was as if some senators read an oracle on the fate of the civilianmassacre case in Maguindanao. Though governments all over the world deplored the killings, the case has lost its momentum.
189 arrests in Maguindanao massacre case (March 30, 2010)
A Philippine regional traial court today ordered the arrest of 189 suspects linked to the gory November 23, 2009 Maguindanao killings of 57 civilians, which shook the media worldwide.
Maguindanao massacre threatens press freedom in Philippines (December 28, 2009)
2009 will go down in history as the darkest year yet for the Philippine media with the killings of 57 people, including 32 journalists in southern Philippines on 23 November - an event that has come to be known as the "Maguindanao massacre.
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Impunity led to Maguindanao Massacre (March 5, 2010)
The horrible mass murder of journalists was not an isolated event. Rather, it was the fruit of a deeply rooted culture of impunity that has grown stronger year by year. And Filipino journalists fear more bloodshed this year.
The Long Road to Justice (April 22, 2010)
It's almost like a nightmare that one never wants to encounter again. Yet, in the continuing saga of the Maguindanao massacre, the horror continues to haunt the memory of those affected by or concerned with the crime, even in their waking hours.
