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Libel a harassment tool that must be decriminalized, says professor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 17 11:57 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 »

Maria Ressa: 6 arrest warrants in 2 months 'not regular'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 16 07:28 PM

MANILA - Rappler chief Maria Ressa on Saturday said she believes she is getting "special treatment" from the government as she has had to post bail for six times in 2 months, which she said is "not regular." 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 »

Mga mamamahayag, kinondena ang pag-aresto kay Rappler CEO Maria Ressa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 04:12 AM

Nagsama-sama ang iba't ibang grupo ng mga mamamahayag para kondenahin ang pag-aresto kay Rappler CEO Maria Ressa. Read more »

EXPLAINER: Why is the Philippine government accused of going after media?

Martin Petty and Neil Jerome Morales, Reuters
Posted at Feb 15 10:13 PM

MANILA - Philippine journalists planned to hold a rally on Friday in support of media freedom after the arrest of an award-winning head of a news website sparked condemnation of the government. Read more »

CTA to proceed with P70-million tax deficiency cases vs Ressa, Rappler

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 06:47 PM

The Court of Tax Appeals 1st Division denied the appeal of Rappler Holdings Corporation and its Chief Executive Officer Maria Ressa to have her P70 million tax deficiency cases sent back to the Department of Justice. 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 »

Rappler's case stirs discussion on PH cybercrime prevention law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 12:28 AM

The arrest of Rappler chief Maria Ressa raised certain questions.  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 »

Ressa's libel accuser not connected to Duterte, says lawyer

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 14 07:46 PM

Businessman Wilfredo Keng is not "in any way" connected to President Rodrigo Duterte and his administration, one of his legal counsels said Thursday following the arrest of 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 »

Gov't had 'leeway' to resolve cyber libel complaint in favor of Ressa: IBP

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 14 05:57 PM

"They want to prosecute meaning they want to bring this case to court," an official of the IBP said.  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 »

'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 »