Maria Ressa, Executive Editor and CEO of Philippine news website Rappler, walking out of the Manila City Hall after being found guilty of cyber libel, in Manila, Philippines, on Monday (June 15). - Reuters
MANILA (dpa): Filipino journalist Maria Ressa, head of a news website critical of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, on Monday (June 15) was found guilty of cyber libel in a verdict seen as a major blow to press freedom in the country.
Judge Rainelda Estacio Montesa sentenced Ressa, 56, and her co-accused, former researcher-writer Reynaldo Santos Jr, to imprisonment for up to six years, with a minimum term of six months and one day.
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