Blues hold high flying they were cruising to a draw but have now gone 13 straight at least matches with alto been. Following terry martin welcome to the program a course in the philippines has convicted a prominent journalist of the crime of cyber libel maria ressa now faces up to 6 years in prison watchdogs have called the case a series or roshan of press freedom under president robbery go to. Award winning journalist maria ressa arriving in court in manila to learn her fate. The verdict guilty of cyber libel 482012 article her website rappler published linking a businessman to Human Trafficking and drug smuggling. Ressa once worked. Or c. N. N. And holds dual u. S. Philippine citizenship she says shes been devastated by the verdict which she sees as a part of a Government Campaign against her and her publication. Next year will be my 35th year as a journalist i began as a reporter in the 6 and i have worked so many countries around the world. That threaten but never this kind of death by a 1000 cuts the case was closely watched as a test of press freedom under populist president would read. The court heard the libel complaint even though the article in question was published 4 months before the cybercrime law was enacted russia and rappler are not the only prominent Philippine Media to face problems with the authorities last month one of the countrys leading broadcasters was shut down Rights Groups when the country is entering dangerous territory it is indeed a very. You know many. Of the journalists. Who want. Or youre going to be next ressa now faces a prison term of up to 6 years in spite of the verdict she vows not to be sentenced. Joins us from manila maria what went through your mind as the judge read this guilty verdict against you. It was another expect if you look at it in the context of the 8 criminal charges might face i had to post bail 8 times last year just to remain free. And then the slew of attacks against journalists in that has intensified with the shutdown of the largest broadcaster just last month. I suppose i walked in feeling in knowing that there could be a worst Case Scenario that would is even worse than this one and so what i listen to what i just i tried hard not to get angry and then to figure out how do we continue doing our jobs better view of the acts are you prepared to go to jail jerry you know this is a question i had to confront a while back because im all clooney actually just pointed out to the that the cumulative charges that maximum jail penalty for all of them is almost 100 years and so i think the question is that not challenging the cases would mean that i would give up the rights that are guaranteed in the constitution not just freedom of the press but also the rights of filipinos to information to hold power to account. Then you say this verdict has been handed down today as part of a campaign against you and your your website rappler dot com by present to tatianas government what evidence do you have for such a campaign. The actions of the government part of the reason rappler caved into the crosshairs is because we continue challenging the the number of deaths in a very brutal drug war the commission on human rights in the philippines estimates months ago that it was over 27000 People Killed in pune it in there and then here you can see that you know we were under trial the day yes the verdict came out today but the Justice System was also under trial because whats happened in the last few years is the weaponization of the law the law tweaked legal acrobatics used against journalists perceived critics oppositions and in that sense that also follows the kind of exponential attacks what we call the Propaganda Machine on social media d so that narratives of the attacks come out 1st on social media and then the law the weaponization of the law follows cmon 8 cases that are all criminal charges arrest warrants i was arrested last year and. You can see these actions and i think you know to not take them in a gret in a granular scale because every single one sounds almost clause of all the attempt to shut down rattler to revoke our business license happened in january 28th seed and again if you get lost in the details sure it sounds plausible but when you look at the context of it and the context of a is overwhelming it isnt just a Chilling Effect on media you know thats what i wanted to ask you about what message do you think that your conviction sans to other journalists working in the philippines. Ive been a cautionary tale. Rappler has been a cautionary tale for journalists in the philippines be silent or your next thats what the government is saying the government wants us to know its got tremendous power but it also wants and the speed of the needier of rule of law and as long as it wants to maintain that the neo we built it to do with our jobs and pushing back and challenging these cases in court you mention earlier that youre facing other charges there are numerous other charges you could face up to 100 years in prison for all those what motivates you to continue your work as a journalist in the philippines under these conditions i think because like you we know something is happening at this time period right this is a unique moment in history and were seeing a rise of all surratt area populist style leaders corrosive actions will almost end youre seeing the attacks on media it i dont think ive lived and im this is my 34th year im going to be a im an old journalist you know and and ive never seen anything like this ive worked in war zones i covered conflicts but this is is a all different time period and i feel like in my country at least were standing on the precipice and we must do always 10 to protect press freedom which protects our democracy maria thank you so much for taking time to talk with us today that was journalist maria ressa in manila. Now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world people in the u. S. City of atlanta gathered at the site of another shooting of a black man by White Police Officers an autopsy concluded that race card brookss death was homicide a video released by the Police Department showed the struggle which ended with the death of brooks. Chinas Capital Beijing is bracing for a resurgence of the current virus after more than 100. 00 new cases were reported in recent days mass testing is being carried out after the city had been free of local transmission for more than a month of aids cases are being linked to the citys largest wholesale food market. And a Russian Court has sentenced former u. S. Marine paul wieland to 16 years in prison after finding him guilty of espionage he was accused of having taint classified state information wieland was dismissed as has missed dismissed the trial as a sham and says he was framed. In india authorities have said vehicles to spray pesticides on 2 huge swarms of Desert Locusts the insects have already destroyed almost 50000 hectares of crops devastating farmers already struggling with the impact of coronavirus long downs the locusts also destroyed harvests in neighboring pakistan in april. Across europe borders are reopening is more and more countries ease measures imposed to control the spread of the coronavirus germany and france dropped border checks overnight allowing other strict tied the e. U. Scroll straight over to our correspondent band leakages hes standing in straws work at the german French Border band this is a moment many people there have been waiting a long time for isnt it. Yes it was a very joyful moment and people are very relieved that these restrictions. That ben place for the 3 months business of us restricted and also personal ties constant especially for young people it was also in the motion of thing because they never experience actually bought a check. In the actual bought of between france and germany because the schengen freeboard it was invented 25 years ago so for them its a relief and also older people told me that they are now relieved that this backbone of the european integration the river behind me is no longer something that divides and unites them again and so the schengen travel area is now risk reinstated in 23. 00 of the countries only a few exceptions and now people are looking forward to travel again ok bad europeans are clearly happy to be getting their freedom of movement back but all the concerns that open borders could bring another surge in corona virus infections. But actually the current infections level is yet in germany and also in france are quite low and people are not so much varied i gather 62 percent of them as a new survey showed a willing and eager to travel in the schengen so on during the summer months of course because some sanitarium restrictions but anyway they want to travel and to see europe again and they also appear that there must be a regional approach you cannot lock down and tie countries but you have to see how the infection rates are going and vet the actual hotspots of the infections on and all the people i spoke to say yukon taken a chang and again from us ben thank you so much from the german French Border that was bens weekend. Soccer news and then sundays late bonus league game later couzin were looking for a win against shaka to stake their claim to the 4th and final Champions League spot and they did it but not before a fight from shaka who turned out to be surprisingly tenacious. Shout came into this one desperate for a change your fortunes off to a 12 game winning the streak in the bundesliga but later houston are hardly an easy opponent to face especially with star man back in the starting line up. Just 2 minutes in the 1st major chance belong to the royal blues but western mckinneys shots were stopped by lucas radebe skate and after made protrude you could only fluff the rebound. Letter from a piece. Of the guests were held in check until the 40 minutes when lucas allowed ne home from a free kick to School State Level as the linesman broke to show his rescue. In the 2nd half another stroke of luck for the host when the hand tools scarcely anyone even at peeled for was picked up by the video assistant referee and punished with a penalty. At moen top soba the penalized defender Daniel Caligiuri the goal scoring pass i won it off to 51. 00 its. Tough an hour later when leyva couzens wendell charged down the left wing and crossed show his long run at. Left back on me round with a late own goal one won the final score. On now we know in 13 bundesliga games and unwelcomed club record label accusing meanwhile sit in 4th but the fight for the Champions League places looks set to go down to the wire. For the 1st gulf tournaments since the current pandemic on sunday with american daniel bagga winning the Charles Schwab challenge no spectators were allowed inside the Colonial Country Club in texas and created in syria as for. Her with successful pots created largely by silence but did reflect on the excitement the on the course says the tournaments went down to a playoff a missed putt from calling or a comma pending burger the 1st p. G. A. Tour title in 3 months. This is d w news dont forget and get all the latest on our web site thats e. W. Dot com anytime you want and youll find us on instagram and twitter at news im terry martin youll find me on twitter at tim news stream thanks for watching. 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