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Jun 15, 2020 · 15 June 2020. Ressa told the BBC that journalists all over the world were fighting a battle against populist authoritarian leaders. High-profile journalist Maria Ressa has been found guilty of...
Jan 21, 2024 · Jan 21, 2024 9:30 AM PHT. Jairo Bolledo. For one, the SC says the prescription period for cyber libel should be one year, not 12 years. MANILA, Philippines – The latest ruling of the Supreme...
Jun 14, 2020 · On Monday, after years of government threats and accusations, Ms. Ressa and a former colleague at the news site she founded, Rappler, were convicted of cyber libel by a court in Manila. Each was...
Aug 9, 2022 · Twelve cases ended in a conviction. Bello’s arrest underscores the need to revoke criminal libel and cyber-libel laws in the Philippines and elsewhere. As the United Nations Human Rights...
Jun 15, 2020 · MANILA, Philippines — An award-winning journalist critical of the Philippine president was convicted of libel and sentenced to jail Monday in a decision called a major blow to press freedom...
Oct 18, 2023 · Jairo Bolledo. INFO. The Supreme Court has its own guidelines on libel, which allow courts to impose fines instead of imprisonment penalties in libel cases. MANILA, Philippines – Instead of...
Jun 15, 2020 · Published 7:02 PM PDT, June 14, 2020. MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An award-winning journalist critical of the Philippine president was convicted of libel and sentenced to jail Monday in a decision called a major blow to press freedom in an Asian bastion of democracy.
