Philippine journalist Maria Ressa was on Monday convicted of libel in a case she and watchdogs say is aimed at silencing critics of President Rodrigo Duterte.Ressa, 56, and her news site Rappler have been the target of legal action and probes after publishing stories critical of Duterte’s policies, including his drug war that has killed thousands.Monday’s verdict in Manila decided a trial that stems from a businessman’s 2017 complaint over a Rappler story five years earlier about his alleged…
from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3089033/philippine-journalist-maria-ressa-found-guilty-cyber-libel
Monday, June 15, 2020
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