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People of the Philippines v. Santos, Ressa and Rappler (R-MNL-19-01141-CR), also known as the Maria Ressa cyberlibel case, is a high-profile criminal case in the Philippines, lodged against Maria Ressa, co-owner and CEO of Rappler Inc.. [2] Accused of cyberlibel, Ressa was found guilty by a Manila Regional Trial Court on June 15, 2020. [3] [4]: 36
An award-winning journalist critical of the Philippine president was convicted of libel and sentenced to jail Monday in a decision called a major blow to press freedom in an Asian bastion of ...
There were 37 cases of libel and oral defamation recorded from July 2016 to April 2021. Eighteen of these were online libel, while 8 of the 37 cases also led to arrests of journalists. [8] There was a rise in libel and cyber libel cases in the country in 2020, according to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP). [19]
[62] His indictment for the criminal libel case filed against him by Trillanes has been criticized as a backward step by freedom of expression advocates who lobby for the decriminalization of libel. [63] By June 2021, Pasay RTC Judge Wilhelmina Jorge-Wagan eventually acquitted Nieto, four years after the case was filed. [64]
The Associated Press estimates that 95% of libel cases involving news stories do not arise from high-profile news stories, but "run of the mill" local stories like news coverage of local criminal investigations or trials, or business profiles. [62] An early example of libel is the case of John Peter Zenger in 1735.
Court: Supreme Court of the Philippines en banc: Full case name; Jose Jesus M. Disini, Jr., Rowena S. Disini, Lianne Ivy P. Medina, Janette Toral and Ernesto Sonido, Jr., vs. the Secretary of Justice, the Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, the Executive Director of the Information and Communications Technology Office, the Chief of the Philippine National Police ...
Most deaths, according to NUJP [3] and the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), [18] were radio personalities, especially blocktime commentators, [18] [27] many affiliated to local politicians as suggested by a research from CPJ, [27] and as reported by PCIJ, had minimal awareness of journalistic ethics or libel laws. [18]
On May 6, 2022, Robredo's spokesperson Atty. Barry Gutierrez filed a cyber libel complaint before the Quezon City Prosecutor's Office, against six Journal Group staff over an April 21 Journal News Online (the paper's news website) article, which also appeared on People's Journal and People's Tonight, claiming Communist Party of the Philippines ...