RAPPLER CEO and executive editor Maria Ressa (pic), who was convicted of cyberlibel alongside former Rappler researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr in a landmark case, says the verdict is a “cautionary tale” to make the press afraid.
“I began as a reporter in 1986 and I have worked (in) so many countries around the world. I’ve been shot at and threatened, but never this kind of death by a thousand cuts, ” Ressa told reporters after the promulgation on Monday.
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