Claim 549

Ressa's own description of the charge's motivation.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Ressa's own description of the charge's motivation.
Field: stated_justification
Value: Ressa calls the charge political
About: incident 2019-philippines-arrests-ressa
Source: Philippines' Maria Ressa detained and released over 'political' charge
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2019-02-14

Quotation from the source

the charge was "political" and that the Philippines has "weaponized" its cybercrime law