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Andanar: Ressa's arrest only an example of issues in info drive in Europe

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 10:51 PM

MANILA - Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said he only used the case of Rappler chief Maria Ressa's arrest as an example of possible questions that may be raised during the office's information campaign in Europe. Read more »

UN Human Rights Office calls for review of charges vs Maria Ressa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 09:46 PM

MANILA - The United Nations human rights office expressed concern over the arrest of Rappler chief Maria Ressa over cyber libel charges. Read more »

Poe, Pangilinan question Palace info drive in Europe

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 04:33 PM

At least 2 senators on Monday questioned the plan of Malacañang's communications group to mount in Europe an information campaign about the arrest of Rappler chief Maria Ressa and other issues related to Philippine press freedom.  Read more »

Palace: Ressa 'walking testament' of press freedom

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 18 11:58 AM

Rappler chief Maria Ressa is a "walking testament" that press freedom remains vibrant in the country, Malacañang said Monday following criticism that her arrest is meant to stifle opposition. Read more »

Libel a harassment tool that must be decriminalized, says professor

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 18 09:56 AM

Libel has been used to "harass" journalists and should be decriminalized, a member of the academe said Sunday following the arrest of Rappler chief Maria Ressa. Read more »

'Not martyrdom': NPC says Ressa arrest 'done in bad taste' but not harassment

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 11:35 AM

MANILA - News website Rappler chief Maria Ressa's arrest over cyber liber charges was "done in bad taste" but was not an act of political harassment, the National Press Club (NPC) said Friday. Read more »

'Stop the attacks'

Fernando G. Sepe Jr., ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 11:29 PM

Journalists take videos during the Black Friday protest at Roces Circle in Quezon City on Friday. Read more »

Students call for press freedom following Ressa arrest

Ted Aljibe, AFP
Posted at Feb 15 05:05 PM

A student holds a placard during a protest in University of the Philippines-Diliman Campus on Thursday, in support of CEO of Rappler, Maria Ressa, who was arrested a day earlier for cyber libel case. Read more »

Palace: Ressa wants special treatment

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 04:40 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Friday accused Rappler chief Maria Ressa of seeking special treatment after the veteran journalist decried the government’s “abuse of power” in taking her into custody over a cyber libel charge. Read more »

Maria Ressa slams government's 'abuse of power,' rights violation in arrest

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 15 08:15 PM

Journalist Maria Ressa on Friday said there were anomalies in the warrant of arrest served against her earlier this week over a cyber libel charge and these violated her rights. Read more »

Pag-aresto kay Rappler CEO Maria Ressa, kinondena

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 01:25 AM

Giit nila, paraan ito ng panggigipit ng administrasyong Duterte at pag-atake sa malayang pamamahayag sa bansa. Read more »

Duterte washes hands of Ressa’s cyber libel case

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 14 11:44 PM

BULACAN (UPDATE) - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday denied any involvement in the cyber libel case filed against veteran journalist and Rappler chief Maria Ressa.  Read more »

OPINION: Maria Ressa’s case rams home lesson on unintended consequences

Inday Espina-Varona -- scaRRedcat
Updated as of Feb 16 04:08 AM

The Duterte regime is the one persecuting journalists today. But let us not forget the roots of today’s outrage. Read more »

Timeline: Rappler, Maria Ressa's cyber libel case

Text by Trisha Billones, infographic by Jeff Sagayap, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 14 05:47 PM

Digital news company Rappler and its CEO Maria Ressa wrestled a cyberlibel complaint stemming from an article published in 2012. Here are the events leading to the veteran journalist's arrest and posting of bail. Read more »

Maria Ressa to question cyber libel charge in court, lawyer says

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 14 05:28 PM

Rappler CEO Maria Ressa would question in court the cyber libel case filed against her, her said Thursday.    Read more »

'You cannot violate my rights,' journalist Ressa tells justice chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 14 02:21 PM

MANILA - Journalist Maria Ressa had strong words for Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra Thursday upon posting bail on her cyber libel case. Read more »

Freed on bail, Maria Ressa rallies journalists to hold the line

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 14 02:24 PM

"We will not duck, we will not hide, we will hold the line." Read more »

Ressa's libel accuser: 'No one is above the law'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 14 02:54 PM

No one is above the law, a businessman who accused Rappler CEO Maria Ressa of cyber libel said Thursday, asserting his commitment to "see this legal battle to the very end" despite accusations that the case is an act of persecution.   Read more »

Maria Ressa ng Rappler nagpiyansa sa kasong cyber libel

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 14 09:24 PM

Nakapagpiyansa na ngayong Huwebes ang pinuno ng news website na Rappler na si Maria Ressa matapos arestuhin sa kasong cyber libel.  Read more »

Maria Ressa posts bail

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 14 02:25 PM

MANILA- Rappler chief Maria Ressa, whose news site has clashed with President Rodrigo Duterte, walked out of overnight detention on Thursday after posting bail of P100,000 for cyber libel, a charge that press freedom advocates branded an act of "persecution." Read more »