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People of the Philippines v. Santos, Ressa and Rappler (R-MNL-19-01141-CR), also known as the Maria Ressa cyberlibel case, is a high-profile criminal case in the Philippines, lodged against Maria Ressa, co-owner and CEO of Rappler Inc.. [2] Accused of cyberlibel, Ressa was found guilty by a Manila Regional Trial Court on June 15, 2020. [3] [4]: 36
Criminal defamation occurs when a public statement damages the subject's reputation, unless the statement was true and presented solely for the public interest. [186] In addition to criminal law, which allows for imprisonment (up to seven years in case the allegations are false) and monetary fines, one can also sue for damages with civil actions.
Where allowed, such an endorsement gives the document the same weight as an affidavit, per 28 U.S.C. § 1746 [2] The document is called a sworn declaration or sworn statement instead of an affidavit, and the maker is called a "declarant" rather than an "affiant", but other than this difference in terminology, the two are treated identically by ...
An expelled Yale University student who was acquitted of sex assault charges in 2018 is now suing 15 women's advocacy groups and an attorney for defamation after being called a “rapist” in a ...
Clarissa "Claire" Castro is a Filipino lawyer and podcaster. Previously the host of the legal-advice radio show Usapang de Campanilla on DZMM (now DWPM) [1] [2] as well as one of the three co-hosts of the ABS-CBN live talk show 3-in1, Castro also previously wrote a column for Abante. [3]
Longtime Trump ally Rudy G iuliani was ordered to pay $148 million last year in a defamation case over false claims he made about two former election workers in Georgia. Giuliani had previously ...
The Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) is a nationwide organization of human rights lawyers in the Philippines. [5] [6] It was founded in 1974 by Sen.Jose W. Diokno, [5] Lorenzo Tañada, [7] J.B.L. Reyes, [4] and Joker Arroyo [8] during the martial law era under former President Ferdinand Marcos. [9]
Chel Diokno passed the bar examination in the State of Illinois, USA, and subsequently in the Philippines. [13] Upon returning to the Philippines in 1987, he embarked on a career as a lawyer and human rights advocate. [14] Diokno is a member and the current chairman of the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG).