Trial of journalists to deliver 'existential moment' in Philippines
by Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent from on (#54KWG)
Editor of news website Rappler could face prison if convicted under cyber libel' law
A verdict will be issued on Monday following the controversial trial of one of the Philippines' most prominent journalists, in a case widely condemned as an attack on press freedom under Rodrigo Duterte.
A court in Manila will issue a verdict on Rappler, one of the country's most influential news websites, its editor, Maria Ressa, and former researcher and writer Reynaldo Santos Jr on Monday. Ressa, who was arrested last year on charges of cyber libel" for a story published by Rappler in 2012, has described the allegations as baseless.
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