Dozens of groups in the Philippines and abroad have denounced the Maguindanao massacre.

Click here to view a list of the statements and manifestos released so far.

Media Release: Philippines
November 24, 2009
IFJ Calls for Urgent Action over Massacre of Philippine Journalists
The IFJ has called for the international community to intervene to demand a full investigation to bring to justice those responsible for the biggest single massacre of working journalists in recent history.
The IFJ call came after at least twelve journalists were murdered [...]

NUJP Baguio-Benguet chapter statement
November 23 was a dark day for the media community, civil society and the Philippine nation as a whole.
The violent incident in Maguindanao did not only desecrate our continuing struggle for press freedom but it desecrated all levels of democracy such as right to life. [...]

Members and officers of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines chapter in Iligan City/Lanao strongly condemns to the highest degree of condemnation the barbaric act of the armed group responsible in the merciless killing of working journalists in Maguindanao province.
We urge the government to implement the rule of law and punish [...]

STATEMENT OF THE ZAMBOANGA-BASILAN-SULU-TAWI-TAWI (ZAMBASULTA) CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES ON THE MASSACRE OF TWELVE MEDIA PRACTITIONERS IN MAGUINDANAO PROVINCE, THE PHILIPPINES ON NOVEMBER 23, 2009.
We, members of the Zamboanga City chapter of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), hereby express our most extreme outrage [...]

November 24, 2009
S T A T E M E N T
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) Pagadian City–ZamboSur Chapter strongly in the highest term condemns the killing of [...]

NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES (NUJP)
Ozamiz City Chapter
A Day of Infamy for Philippine Democracy
The entire community of journalists in Misamis Occidental expresses our outrage over the gruesome fate suffered by our colleagues who were reportedly part of a group of some 50 people massacred in Maguindanao on Monday, November 23, 2009.
Some [...]

NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES – CEBU
NUJP Cebu Chapter strongly condemn and abhor the recent abduction and killing of a group of politicians, supporters and journalists in Maguindanao.
We do not condone the killing of men and women, and ultimately, we condemn the massacre of local journalists who were accompanying a local politician who [...]

Statement Calling For Justice For The Victims Of The Maguindanao Massacre
November 24, 2009
The Student Christian Movement of the Philippines, an ecumenical group of Christian youth and students, calls for justice for the victims of the Maguindanao massacre, claiming no less than 36 lives including lawyers, journalists and women.
We extend our deepest condolences to the [...]

November 24, 2009
Media Release
KAWAGIB to government: ‘resolve the issue’ not State of Lawlessness
Cotabato City-KAWAGIB-Alliance for the Advancement of Moro Human Rights here condemns on its highest term the massacre of civilians including 2 human rights lawyers Atty. Conie Brezuela and Atty. Cynthia Oquindo, members of Union of Peoples Lawyers in Mindanao (UPLM) and 12 identified [...]

Justice for the Victims of the Maguindanao Massacre!
The Kilusang Mayo Uno joins the Filipino workers and people in condemning the election-related massacre in Maguindanao that has killed more than 30 people.
We cry for justice for the victims and their families. We also cry for justice for the Filipino workers and people, whose sense of [...]

PRESS RELEASE
Information Bureau
Communist Party of the Philippines
CPP condemns massacre in Maguindanao
November 24, 2009
The Communist Party of the Philippines expressed today its utmost condemnation of the massacre of a convoy of at least 40 people in Maguindanao, mostly relatives, lawyers and supporters of Buluan vice mayor Datu Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu who is challenging the warlord Ampatuan [...]

Justice for Victims of Ampatuan Massacre
The Press Photographers of the Philippines (PPP) demands justice for our colleagues and all the other victims of the November 23 Ampatuan massacre in Maguindanao province, Mindanao.
We condemn in particular the killing of women, lawyers and journalists.
The abduction and slaughter of the wife, relatives and supporters of Ismail Mangudadatu, who [...]

PRESS STATEMENT
24 November 2009
RP could be ‘most murderous country’ for journalists
Maguindanao massacre an act of political barbarism – CEGP
The College Editors Guild of the Philippines, the oldest and widest alliance of student publications in the country denounces in the strongest possible terms the brutal killing of more than 30 individuals Monday morning in Datu Abdullah [...]

NEWS RELEASE
November 24, 2009
Justice for the victims of Maguindanao massacre; stop political warlordism
Anakpawis Rep. Joel Maglunsod strongly condemned the election related violence in Maguindanao that killed innocent civilians including journalists and lawyers.
Maglunsod said this kind of lawlessness and atrocity in Maguindanao could happen to other parts of Mindanao and the country if the Arroyo administration [...]