To attend the NobelPrize awarding in Oslo on December 10, she would have to file another batch of travel requests before all the courts handling the seven cases.
The Philippine Court of Appeals has finally granted overseas travel to Rappler CEO and Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa, who will be in the United States for the entire month of November to attend a series of lectures at the Harvard Kennedy School in Boston.The CA promulgated its decision in favor of Ressa on October 18, ten days after the journalist was namedUnlike past travel requests, the CA Eighth Division said the Harvard lectures were proven to be urgent and necessary.
For this request, the CA said Harvard's"invitation letter shows that Ressa's participation in the program requires her physical presence" and that"in fact, the Harvard Kennedy School explained that the program involves an in-person 30-day residency."
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