The world. One of the philippines most prominent journalists has been found guilty of libel in a case seen as a major blow to press freedom maria ressa denies the charges brought over an acid or published on her news website raptly that link the wealthy businessmen to criminal activity online portal has highlighted extrajudicial killings and abuses during president ford regard to touch base time in office is expected to appeal against the conviction that carries a sentence of up to 6 years in prison. I appealed to. The journalists in this room the filipinos who are in this. Protect your right. We are men. Of course canary tale we are meant to make you free. Trade so you again. Dont be afraid because if you dont use your rights you will lose them if we dont publish a brazen move to try to roll back the rights guaranteed in the constitution we will lose them. Of a case is the 1st of at least 8 filed against recess since deters i came to office in 2016 these include alleged tax evasion an