The lawyers for jailed Philippine human rights activist Leila de Lima vowed to win her freedom after a judge who recently denied her bail quit the trial on Friday. De Lima, one of the most ...
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 dropping of charges against Ressa and Rappler, the news website she founded, is the latest legal victory for the Nobel ...
Philippine Nobel laureate and veteran journalist Maria Ressa has battled multiple legal cases and endured online abuse in her campaign for press freedom.
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 ...
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 ...
