The Hold the Line coalition described the case among the most urgent of the 7 active cases Ressa and Rappler were facing. HoldTheLine CourageON DefendPressFreedom READ:
MANILA, Philippines – International groups challenged the Marcos administration to withdraw cases pursued by the previous Duterte administration against Rappler CEO Maria Ressa, expressing dismay that the Nobel laureate continued to face the prospect of imprisonment over a cyber libel case.
“We call on President Marcos to show the world that he rejects the Duterte-era persecution and prosecution of journalists and independent media by immediately withdrawing all charges and cases against Ressa, her co-accused, and her Manila-based news outlet Rappler,” the Hold the Line Coalition steering committee said.
“RSF is dismayed by the Court of Appeals’ failure to dismiss the ludicrous case against Maria Ressa, which will now proceed to the Supreme Court. We stand in full solidarity with Maria in her battle to #HoldtheLine for independent media in the Philippines!” he said. Ressa and Santos’ cyber libel case has tested the bounds of the Philippines’ cybercrime law, with the two journalists’ conviction raising the prescription period of the country’s cybercrime law to 12 years, as opposed to only a year.
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