CA denies Maria Ressa s travel bid anew By NICOLE-ANNE C. LAGRIMAS, GMA News
Published December 24, 2020 1:06pm The Court of Appeals (CA) has denied Rappler CEO Maria Ressa s bid to travel in the United States to visit her ailing mother. In a December 18 resolution, the Special 12th Division said Ressa failed to prove the trip was necessary and urgent and that there were exceptional circumstances enough to restrict her right to travel. Ressa had asked the CA to allow her to visit her 76-year-old mother who was diagnosed with breast cancer last October. This is the third time the CA, which is handling Ressa s appeal of her cyber libel conviction last June, prohibited the journalist from leaving the country.