Tag: Rappler
#HoldTheLine Coalition welcomes new dismissal of cyber-libel charge against Rappler’s Maria...
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The #HoldTheLine (#HTL) Coalition has welcomed the dismissal of a cyber-libel charge against Rappler CEO and founder Maria Ressa in the...
‘Tumindig’ – artists dare to dissent in Filipino online campaign
By Gaby Baizas in Manila
What started out as a simple image has inspired Filipino artists across the nation to "stand up" for what they...
Veteran Filipino journalist and media rights advocate Nonoy Espina, 59,...
By Lian Buan in Manila
Veteran journalist and former chairman of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) Jose Jaime "Nonoy" Espina has...
#HoldTheLine – hundreds of Maria Ressa supporters post ‘pressure’ videos
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On World Press Freedom Day 2021, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the #HoldTheLine coalition launched an innovative campaign of solidarity with...
Former Rappler reporter Carmela Fonbuena is new head of PCIJ
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The Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) has named former Rappler reporter and book author Carmela Fonbuena as its next executive...
Manila court upholds Ressa cyber libel conviction, cites new 15-year period
By Lian Buan in Manila
Manila Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa has denied the motion for partial reconsideration filed by Rappler journalists, and upheld the cyber libel...
#HoldTheLine campaign launched to back Maria Ressa, independent media
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Sixty press freedom groups and civil society organisations, journalism institutions, filmmakers, and other supporters have formed a coalition in support of...
‘Fight not over’, says Robredo pushing for safeguards in anti-terror law
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Days after President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Philippines Anti-Terrorism Law, Vice-President Leni Robredo has pushed for safeguards so that the controversial...
Rappler chief Ressa appeals over cyber libel conviction, cites errors, ‘malice’
By Lian Buan in Manila
Rappler chief executive Maria Ressa and former researcher-writer Reynaldo Santos Jr have filed a motion for partial reconsideration, appealing...
A Thousand Cuts wins best global feature at NZ’s Doc Edge...
By Rappler
A Thousand Cuts, Ramona Diaz’s documentary on democracy and press freedom in the Philippines, has won the top prize at the 2020 Doc...
RSF brands Maria Ressa’s conviction as ‘masquerade’ amid global criticism
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the up to six years in jail sentence that Philippine journalist Maria Ressa faces on a...
Maria Ressa found guilty in blow to Philippines’ press freedom
By Ted Regencia in Manila
A court in the Philippines has found Rappler chief executive and executive editor Maria Ressa, and a former Rappler reporter,...
Maria Ressa, Rey Santos Jr convicted of cyber libel in Philippines
By Lian Buan in Manila
Rappler chief executive and executive editor Maria Ressa and former Rappler researcher-writer Reynaldo Santos have been convicted today...
Frontline snaps up Ramona Diaz’s powerful doco A Thousand Cuts
Award-winning Filipino-American filmmaker Ramona Diaz takes viewers to the Philippines where the free press has been under siege since President Rodrigo #Duterte took office...
30 media freedom groups, academics, journalists protest over TV shutdown
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More than 30 media freedom groups, journalists and academics have combined in an international statement today condemning the closure of the largest...
Rappler publisher Maria Ressa raps Duterte for ‘security’ violations
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Rappler publisher and chief editor Maria Ressa was critical today of the Philippines administration under President Rodrigo Duterte for its focus on...
Shut down Philippines TV network journalist tells of ‘the unthinkable’
Rappler justice reporter Lian Buan talks to ABS-CBN's Mike Navallo who broke the report about the shutdown. Video: Rappler
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For the first time...
Rappler co-founder questions ‘guns blazing’ legal attack on top network
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The Philippines top state lawyer has filed a lawsuit against the country’s key television broadcaster with “guns blazing” but he ought to...
Rights groups, journalists condemn Duterte bid to shut key TV network
By Felipe F. Salvosa II in Manila
New York-based Human Rights Watch has led a barrage of condemnation against the Duterte government’s "assault on media...
Rappler challenges president’s ‘media powers’ in democracy fight back
By David Robie in Manila
Rappler, the innovative online publisher that has been at the media freedom frontline in the Philippines for the past three...
Maria Ressa on Time’s ‘100 most influential people in world’ list
By Christia Marie Ramos in Manila
Philippine journalist, editor and publisher Maria Ressa has been named among Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the...
Rappler editor Maria Ressa arrested in Manila over anti-dummy law
Maria Ressa goes with arresting Pasig police officers to post bail. Video: Rappler
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Rappler CEO and executive editor Maria Ressa was arrested...