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(Eagle News)–“The right to free speech and freedom of the press cannot and should not be used as a shield against accountability.” This is according to the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 46, which handed down a guilty verdict for cyber libel against Rappler’s Maria Ressa and former researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr. The cyber libel complaint was in connection with a story on businessman Wilfredo Keng published by the media organization in 2012 and republished […]
(Eagle News)–The National Press Club on Friday, Feb. 15, expressed dismay over the manner in which Rappler’s executive editor Maria Ressa was arrested, but clarified the arrest itself was not a form of “political harassment.” In a statement, the NPC said that while the way in which Ressa was arrested “smacks of bad taste” as it was reportedly done near the end of office hours “thus affording Ms. Ressa little or no time at all […]
President Spokesperson Harry Roque on Wednesday urged reporters of Rappler to reinvent themselves as bloggers instead. Roque made the suggestion a day after the Security and Exchange Commission revoked the news site’s incorporation papers for alleged violation of the constitutional restriction on foreign ownership in mass media. “No one has been prevented from exercising free speech, no one has been banned from performing their role as journalists,” Roque said. Rappler editors could not be reached […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Singapore is increasingly using harsh laws to severely restrict freedom of speech and assembly, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday, urging authorities to let people publicly debate matters of national interest. A report from the New York-based rights group said that while the financial hub was an economic success, it was time to relax tough regulations which are not in line with international human rights standards. “Singapore promotes itself as a modern nation […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that a law against fake news cannot be passed because it will violate freedom of expression as enshrined in the Constitution. President Duterte said that such a law may result in censorship which will violate the freedom of speech and expression. Section 4 Article 3 or the Bill of Rights of the 1987 Philippine Constitution states, “No law shall be passed abridging the freedom of […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (June 27) – Freedom of speech is the right of the people to express their opinions publicly without government interference, subject to the laws against libel, incitement to violence or rebellion, and others. But the question is: Do we really have freedom of speech or is it just an illusion? Freedom of speech is one of the most misunderstood concepts in the world. It is often misunderstood due to people’s many and varied […]
