The Filipino journalist Maria Ressa is on Monday (local time) by a court of law in the Philippines, were found guilty of digital defamation. Ressa is well-known for its critical reporting on the policies of the current president of Rodigo Duterte.
Ressa was brought to digital libel, because of an article published in 2012, in which a businessman was linked to a murder, and human trafficking. In this article, 2014 updated, was cited by Ressa information inlichtingenrapport of a small, anonymous office.
Ressa may have a six-year prison sentence because of the sentencing. In the case of the journalist, who is also a Us passport holder, will be regarded as a case that shows how the country is dealing with the freedom of the press.
According to the mediawaakhonden to serve the country at Ressa, as a warning to people who are in the leadership of Duterte, and in particular his approach to dealing with illicit drug-related crime in the country, are critical.
Ressa was the two times before being arrested
Last year, it was the Dutch journalist, editor-in-chief of the news website Rappleralready arrested twice. And In February 2019 at the latest, she was also arrested on suspicion of being digital, is filled full with reproach. Human rights organization Amnesty International called the arrests “politically motivated”.
A month later, she was arrested on suspicion of fraud. In addition to his wife, and her site is more than at other times they have been sued. In 2018, she was given a work permit being revoked.
Ressa was the end of 2018 due to the magazine Time Magazine voted Person of the Year because of his journalistic work.
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