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Added on the 04/03/2021 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Philippine Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa and her online news outfit Rappler were on Wednesday acquitted of all four charges of tax evasion filed against her, an appellate tax court said. Speaking outside the court she said, "facts win, truth wins, justice wins," while struggling to hold back tears. SOUNDBITE
Manila, Mar 11 (EFE/EPA).-Rappler Chief Executive Officer Maria Ressa and journalist Rambo Talabong, charged with cyber libel, attended Thursday a court hearing in Manila.(Camera: FRANIS MALASIG)SHOT LIST: RAPPLER CEO MARIA RESSA AND JOURNALIST RAMBO TALABONG OUTSIDE A COURT IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES. SOUND BITES: CEO OF RAPPLER MARIA RESSA (IN ENGLISH)
Makati, Dec 15 (EFE/EPA).- A Philippines court on Tuesday granted Maria Ressa, CEO and Executive Editor of online news site Rappler, permission to travel overseas following the cyber libel charges filed against her. (Camera: MARK CRISTINO).SHOT LIST: MARIA RESSA, CEO AND EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF ONLINE NEWS SITE RAPPLER AFTER ATTENDING A HEARING AT THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT IN MAKATI, PHILIPPINES.
Pasig City, Jul 22 (EFE/EPA).- Well-known Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, who is one of the fiercest critics of the country's controversial president, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to tax evasion, a case she describes as a form of harassment."These political charges make me laugh. That’s all you can do when law is weaponized against journalists.," Ressa said on her way to the court in Pasig in Manila to enter her not guilty plea.Ressa, named 2018 Person of the Year by TIME magazine for her fight against media intimidation, faces several government lawsuits that have raised international concern about the harassment of journalists in the Philippines, a country long regarded as a flag-bearer of press freedom in Asia. (Camera: FRANCIS MALASIG).FOOTAGE SHOWS MARIA RESSA DURING HER COURT APPEARANCE ON A CASE FILED AGAINST HER, IN PASIG CITY, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES.
Manila, June 15 (EFE).- Philippine journalist Maria Ressa was convicted on Monday in a cyber libel case for which she faces up to six years in prison, and described the verdict as "devastating.”"The decision for me is devastating because it essentially says that we are wrong," Ressa said in a press conference on her way out of the court after the announcement of the verdict. "It’s a blow to us, but it’s also not unexpected considering we are going to stand up against any kind of attack against press freedom."Ressa, named 2018 Person of the Year by TIME magazine, in 2012 founded Rappler, a media outlet that has uncovered several scandals involving President Rodrigo Duterte and was first in reporting abuses committed in the war on drugs campaign he launched after coming to power in 2016.(Camera: FRANCIS MALASIG)FOOTAGE SHOWS JOURNALIST MARIA RESSA ARRIVING IN COURT TO RECEIVE CYBER DEFAMATION VERDICT IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES.