Claim 668

Description of the arrest and overnight detention.

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

Statement: Description of the arrest and overnight detention.
Field: action
Value: Arrested at Rappler's bureau, held overnight
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

arrested Ressa at Rappler's bureau in Manila and held her overnight over a cyber libel case