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The Big Chill: Maria Ressa’s conviction is an attempt to stifle new journalism voices in Asia

This week’s criminal conviction of IPI Executive Board member Maria Ressa of the Philippines online news site Rappler and former Rappler writer Reynaldo Santos Jr threatens to see journalists jailed while chilling new voices around the region. Across the Asia-Pacific region, new digital media like Rappler have been bringing a critical overlay of accountability journalism. […]

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Maria Ressa: Unerschrockener Journalismus für schuldig befunden

Read in English Die Verurteilung von Journalistin und IPI-Vorstandsmitglied Maria Ressa ist höchst bedauerlich und stellt einen traurigen Tag für die Pressefreiheit auf den Philippinen dar, so das Internationale Presse Institut (IPI). Am Montag verurteilte ein regionales Prozessgericht in Manila, Ressa, CEO der Nachrichtenwebsite Rappler und den ehemaligen Rappler-Journalist Reynaldo Santos Jr. wegen Cyber-Verleumdung. Die […]

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IPI Board member Maria Ressa faces verdict in ‘cyber-libel’ trial

International Press Institute (IPI) Executive Board member Maria Ressa, a prominent Philippine journalist and the founder of media outlet Rappler, faces a verdict in a politically motivated “cyber-libel” trial on June 15. She faces up to seven years in prison in the case. “Whatever it is you are most afraid of, you have to touch […]

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IPI joins call on Trump to protect press freedom

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, has joined an international coalition of 72 press freedom and journalism organizations and industry groups in calling on U.S. President Donald Trump to protect press freedom and journalist safety amid unprecedented attacks on reporters covering ongoing protests […]

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