Philippines: Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa Hit With Yet Another Lawsuit Days
/As Filipino journalist Maria Ressa headed to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize, a new lawsuit was filed against her news outlet Rappler.
Read MoreAs Filipino journalist Maria Ressa headed to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize, a new lawsuit was filed against her news outlet Rappler.
Read MoreSolicitor General Jose Calida has filed a motion in the Supreme Court requesting that Maria Ressa be disallowed from traveling to receive her Nobel Peace Prize.
Read MoreThe court decided to drop another libel charge against Maria Ressa.
Read MoreRappler CEO and executive director, Maria Ressa, was cleared in the defamation case filed by businessman Wilfredo Keng.
Read MoreRappler CEO & Executive Editor, Maria Ressa, was once again summoned to court. In the latest legal challenge, Maria faces charges of tax evasion.
Read MoreMaria Ressa was charged in yet another cyber libel case for her role as an executive editor of Rappler— a position she vacated in June of 2020.
Read MoreRappler founder Maria Ressa faces the third charge of cyber libel. According to her lawyer Ted Te, the third cyber libel complaint came after the story aired in October 2020.
Read MoreRappler founder Maria Ressa sent the prosecutor today an 18-page affidavit concerning the second cyber libel complaint filed by businessman Wilfredo Keng.
Read MoreThe Regional Trial Court Branch 64 in Manila that is tasked with deciding on Maria Ressa and Rey Santos Jr.’s request for reconsideration on their cyber libel conviction, has denied the request on basis of lacking merit.
Read MoreMaria Ressa, one of the Philippines’ most prominent journalists, has appeared before court today giving her statement about tax evasion charges in a case she has described as a form of harassment.
Read MoreThe Coalition For Women In Journalism has participated in a global press freedom campaign - #HoldTheLine - to support Maria Ressa and condemn her conviction by a court in Manila.
The Coalition For Women In Journalism is deeply disturbed by the conviction of Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and former journalist Reynaldo Santos for cyber libel by Philippine courts.
Read MoreThe Coalition For Women In Journalism continues to follow the attacks on journalist Maria Ressa and her Rappler team; which entails several charges including charges of cyber libel.
Read MoreSecond hearing for one of the most prominent Filipino journalists and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa’s cyber libel case took place today.
Read MoreManila Court started trial of the cyber libel case against Rappler CEO-journalist Maria Ressa and former researcher-writer Reynaldo Santos Jr.
Read MoreRappler CEO and journalist Maria Ressa was called to court at the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 49 on counts of cyber libel.
Following her arrest over the already disproven “cyber libel” charges, Maria Ressa got released with bail.
Read MoreWe condemn the arrest of our colleague Maria Ressa, who was taken into custody over already disproved “cyber libel”. The Philippine’s government’s attempts to stifle dissent and criticism must come to an end.
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