The decision came after Leila De Lima was acquitted on the second of three politically motivated drug cases last month. Detained ex-senator Leila de Lima reacts as she goes out of the Muntinlupa ...
A prominent Philippine journalist accused of cyber-libel has been released on bail a day after her arrest, in a case freedom of speech advocates are describing as persecution. Maria Ressa is the ...
Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte’s fiercest critic in Congress has been arrested after the president revoked his 2011 amnesty for a failed coup attempt and revived rebellion charges against him.
Ressa, the CEO and co-founder of investigative outlet Rappler, is a fierce critic of former Filipino President Rodrigo ...
Ressa and her website Rappler have been hit with a string of criminal charges in recent months that have sent shockwaves through the Philippine media scene. [AFP] Philippine journalist Maria Ressa ...
Duterte has described Rappler news site that Ressa co-founded as a "fake news outlet" and a tool of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Rappler, launched in 2012, has challenged Duterte's ...
The decision came after Leila De Lima was acquitted on the second of three politically motivated drug cases last month. Last week, the International Criminal Court ordered the restarting of its ...
The 59-year-old, who won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2021, has been fighting multiple charges filed during former president Rodrigo Duterte's administration. Despite the acquittal, Ressa and Rappler ...
The dropping of charges against Ressa and Rappler, the news website she founded, is the latest legal victory for the Nobel ...
Ressa is currently on bail and was convicted in 2020 for cyber libel, which carries a nearly seven-year jail ... Another high-profile Duterte critic, human rights campaigner Leila de Lima, ...
Journalist who founded Rappler news outlet faces multiple charges brought while Rodrigo Duterte was president.
Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa yesterday was acquitted of her final tax evasion charge, the latest legal victory for the veteran journalist as she battles to stay out of prison. Ressa smiled as ...
