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August 12, 2024
By Gerard Carreon in Manila An appeals court has struck down a 2018 government order that sought to shut down Rappler, an online Philippine news site celebrated for its critical coverage of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called “war on drugs” that left thousands dead. The Court of Appeals (CA) Special 7th Division, in a ruling ... <a title="Philippine court strikes down order to shut online news site Rappler" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/philippine-court-strikes-down-order-to-shut-online-news-site-rappler/" aria-label="Read more about Philippine court strikes down order to shut online news site Rappler">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2022
Pacific Media Watch The #HoldTheLine Coalition has urged President Marcos of the Philippines to end persecution of journalists and independent media by dropping all charges against Nobel Peace Prize co-laureate Maria Ressa and her co-accused. This week, the Philippine Court of Appeals rejected Ressa’s motion for a reconsideration of her 2020 conviction on a trumped-up ... <a title="Keep Maria Ressa out of jail, #HoldTheLine tells Marcos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/16/keep-maria-ressa-out-of-jail-holdtheline-tells-marcos/" aria-label="Read more about Keep Maria Ressa out of jail, #HoldTheLine tells Marcos">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2022
By Jairo Bolledo in Manila The Philippines Court of Appeals has denied the motion for reconsideration filed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and former Rappler researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr. over their cyber libel case. In a 16-page decision dated October 10, the court’s fourth division denied the appeal. Associate Justices ... <a title="Ressa ‘disappointed’ over failed appeal and ongoing harassment in Philippine cyber libel case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/13/ressa-disappointed-over-failed-appeal-and-ongoing-harassment-in-philippine-cyber-libel-case/" aria-label="Read more about Ressa ‘disappointed’ over failed appeal and ongoing harassment in Philippine cyber libel case">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Danilo Arana Arao in Manila Upon assuming the Philippines presidency on 30 June 2022, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr — the only son and namesake of the former dictator Ferdinand Marcos — delivered an inaugural address that did not mention press freedom. Press freedom also went unmentioned when he delivered his first State of ... <a title="How Philippine ‘press freedom’ has been abandoned under ‘Bongbong’ Marcos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/13/how-philippine-press-freedom-has-been-abandoned-under-bongbong-marcos/" aria-label="Read more about How Philippine ‘press freedom’ has been abandoned under ‘Bongbong’ Marcos">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov in Oslo We call for a world in which technology is built in service of humanity and where our global public square protects human rights above profits. Right now, the huge potential of technology to advance our societies has been undermined by the business model and design of ... <a title="Maria Ressa and Muratov’s 10-point plan over global information crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/06/maria-ressa-and-muratovs-10-point-plan-over-global-information-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Maria Ressa and Muratov’s 10-point plan over global information crisis">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Ahead of national elections in the Philippines next month, the state has stepped up its attacks on Nobel Peave laureate Maria Ressa and the news outlet she leads, Rappler, reports the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders global media watchdog. “This dramatic escalation in the legal harassment of Maria Ressa and Rappler highlights ... <a title="Media watchdogs slam 16 new legal complaints against Ressa, Rappler" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/media-watchdogs-slam-16-new-legal-complaints-against-ressa-rappler/" aria-label="Read more about Media watchdogs slam 16 new legal complaints against Ressa, Rappler">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2021
Pacific Media Watch Despite its champions being honoured with a Nobel Peace Prize, press freedom has a “sword of Damocles” hanging over it, warn this year’s two laureates. Maria Ressa of the Philippines, co-founder of the news website Rappler, and Dmitry Muratov of Russia, editor of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, will receive their prize ... <a title="Nobel Peace laureates slam ‘Damocles’ sword’ threat to press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/12/nobel-peace-laureates-slam-damocles-sword-threat-to-press-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Nobel Peace laureates slam ‘Damocles’ sword’ threat to press freedom">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2021
By Bea Cupin in Manila Journalist and publisher Maria Ressa has called on tech and social media giants to practise “enlightened self-interest” amid a global call for platforms to step up in the fight against disinformation. “The world that you’ve created has already shown that we must change it. I continue to appeal for enlightened ... <a title="Nobel laureate Ressa: How the information ecosystem has been poisoned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/09/nobel-laureate-ressa-how-the-information-ecosystem-has-been-poisoned/" aria-label="Read more about Nobel laureate Ressa: How the information ecosystem has been poisoned">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2021
Reporters Without Borders One week ahead of the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony, the #HoldtheLine Coalition has called on the government of the Philippines to drop all pending cases and charges against veteran journalist and Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and grant her unrestricted permission to travel to Oslo to accept this international award. The government ... <a title="#HoldTheLine coalition demands charges against Maria Ressa be dropped before Nobel awards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/07/holdtheline-coalition-demands-charges-against-maria-ressa-be-dropped-before-nobel-awards/" aria-label="Read more about #HoldTheLine coalition demands charges against Maria Ressa be dropped before Nobel awards">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Journalists and journalism are waging a global struggle for survival and for “truth” against fake news and alternative facts, say two Asia-Pacific media commentators. “Without journalists who will tell it like it is no matter the consequences, the future will continue to be one of alternate facts and manipulated opinions,” Rappler ... <a title="Media advocates tell of struggle for ‘survival and truth’ at Asia-Pacific forum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/26/media-advocates-tell-of-struggle-for-survival-and-truth-at-asia-pacific-forum/" aria-label="Read more about Media advocates tell of struggle for ‘survival and truth’ at Asia-Pacific forum">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2021
By Lian Buan in Manila The Philippine Court of Appeals (CA) has finally granted overseas travel to Rappler CEO and Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa, who will be in the United States for the entire month of November to deliver a series of lectures at the Harvard Kennedy School in Boston. Ressa filed the request on ... <a title="After winning Nobel, Maria Ressa allowed to travel to US for lectures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/02/after-winning-nobel-maria-ressa-allowed-to-travel-to-us-for-lectures/" aria-label="Read more about After winning Nobel, Maria Ressa allowed to travel to US for lectures">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The #HoldTheLine (#HTL) Coalition has welcomed the dismissal of a cyber-libel charge against Rappler CEO and founder Maria Ressa in the Philippines — the second “spurious” charge against Ressa to be dropped in just two months, says Reporters Without Borders. The #HTL coalition calls for all remaining charges to be immediately ... <a title="#HoldTheLine Coalition welcomes new dismissal of cyber-libel charge against Rappler’s Maria Ressa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/14/holdtheline-coalition-welcomes-new-dismissal-of-cyber-libel-charge-against-rapplers-maria-ressa/" aria-label="Read more about #HoldTheLine Coalition welcomes new dismissal of cyber-libel charge against Rappler’s Maria Ressa">Read more</a>
