A UNITED Nations (UN) rapporteur on Monday asked the Supreme Court’s (SC) permission to intervene in the pending appeal of Rappler CEO and Nobel laureate Maria Ressa to overturn her conviction for cyber libel. UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression Irene Khan filed the motion through her counsel in the Philippines,…
UN special rapporteur Irene Khan seeks to submit her position that will provide 'the international and regional legal standards as they apply to freedom of expression, especially regarding its application to the law of defamation'