In the Philippines, a radio journalist has been sentenced to between 12 and 18 years in prison in a case widely condemned by press freedom groups. Frenchie Mae Cumpio has been jailed since February 2020, when she and four others were arrested for allegedly having ties to the Communist Party of the Philippines. She was convicted of terror financing. U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion Irene Khan has criticized Cumpio’s prosecution, saying the charges were filed “in retaliation for her work as a journalist.”