Philippines’ Nobel laureate Maria Ressa loses appeal against cyber libel conviction
Veteran journalist and Philippines’ first Nobel peace prize winner faces lengthy jail sentence
The Filipino Nobel peace prize winner Maria Ressa has lost her appeal against a conviction for cyber libel, her news website, Rappler, has said, in the latest blow for the veteran journalist.
Ressa and her former colleague Rey Santos Jr face lengthy jail sentences, but the company said they would “avail of all legal remedies available to them”, including taking the case to the supreme court.