Claim 673

CPJ's description of the verdict's severity.

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

Statement: CPJ's description of the verdict's severity.
Field: action
Value: Conviction and sentencing of up to six years
About: incident 2020-philippines-ressa-cyber-libel-conviction
Source: Rappler editor Maria Ressa convicted of cyber libel by Philippines court
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2020-06-15

Quotation from the source

Today's conviction and sentencing of Maria Ressa of up to six years in jail is an outrageous crime against press freedom