UN rapporteur condemns Ressa cyber libel conviction, calls f

United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression Irene Khan has denounced the recent decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) to uphold the cyber libel conviction of journalist Maria Ressa, calling for government intervention into the matter and the decriminalization of libel.

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