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UN decries terror verdict for journo
Bangkok Post
|January 23, 2026
A young Philippine journalist who spent nearly six years in a crowded provincial prison was found guilty of terror financing yesterday, in a case rights groups and a United Nations expert have described as a “travesty of justice”.
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Frenchie Cumpio, right, wearing yellow, a detained Filipina journalist, and her former roommate yesterday arrive at Tacloban Regional Trial Court on Leyte island for her court case. AFP
(AFP)
Community journalist and radio broadcaster Frenchie Cumpio, 26, is the first Filipina journalist to be prosecuted under the country’s terror financing laws, which her defence lawyer Julianne Agpalo said have become the government's “weapon of choice” for silencing dissent.
Cumpio and her former roommate Marielle Domequil broke down in tears and hugged each other as the guilty verdict was read and they were sentenced to up to 18 years in prison by Judge Georgina Uy Perez of the Tacloban Regional Trial Court.
The pair, who were acquitted of a lesser weapons charge, will be eligible for parole in about 12.5 years.
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