Dubious Guilty Verdict for Top Filipino Journalist Ressa, Researcher
Case seen as engineered by president against drug war critic
Maria Ressa, one of Asia’s most prominent journalists and the founder of the popular Philippine news website Rappler, and a former researcher, Reynaldo Santos, were found guilty of criminal cyber libel today and sentenced to six months to six years in prison in a verdict condemned by local international human rights and journalism organizations.
The case…
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