# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2019-philippines-arrests-ressa)
- Source: Philippines' Maria Ressa detained and released over 'political' charge. https://cpj.org/thetorch/2019/02/maria-ressa-detained-overnight/
- 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

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/549. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.