maria ressa has said she is going to appeal.to look like and how likely do you think it is that she will be successful?” don't really know the appeal process so don't really know the appeal process so i am not sure i can a nswer process so i am not sure i can answer that but yes, she will appeal. i don't know how long it is going to take but, like your reporter howard johnson said, this has been fast tracked. usually cyber libel cases in the philippines last for years, like seven or eight yea rs, for years, like seven or eight years, this is less than a year and there is already a verdict. and they want to fast track it because she has eight other cases. this is not the only cases. this is not the only case she has in the philippines. she has eight other cases ongoing as well. and this has been the fastest. probably, i am and this has been the fastest. probably, iam not and this has been the fastest. probably, i am not sure, and this has been the fastest. probably, iam not sure, iam not one to speak to how the legalities of that

a court in the philippines has convicted the prominent journalist, maria ressa, of libel. rte, was found guilty along with reynaldo santos — a former writer with her news website rappler. both face up to six years injail. hello there. the broad weather pattern is going to change very little over the week ahead. it will be a week of contrasts in the uk, as it was over the weekend. many places in the south of england having a warm and sunny day on sunday. a dramatic skyline, though, in the north—west of england following those late in the day thundery showers, and an area of low pressure is keeping this very unstable airacross the uk, so more showers to come. a lot of low cloud is streaming in from off the north sea at the moment so a grey start in some places. but over the weekend, we keep this mixture of warm sunshine, but some heavy and thundery downpours. many places starting dry on monday. grey start for much of scotland and the north—east of england, down to lincolnshire and east anglia, burning back to coastal areas, sunshine develops more widely. as it warms up we dev

nicole curato, as prestigious as maria ressa. nicole cu rato, thank as prestigious as maria ressa.gue makes a return tomorrow. aston villa will take on sheffield united and manchester city will play arsenal in the first matches since the beginning of march. but there'll be no spectators in the grounds, as our sports editor dan roan reports. it's the same competition but with a new look. banners and seat coverings in place of supporters and the only fans inside, projected onto giant screens. we were granted exclusive access to villa park as it prepares to host the premier league's eagerly awaited return and the man in charge here told me how much it meant. we do have the eyes of the world on us tomorrow night. the level of planning and preparation that's gone in makes me extremely confident. we've been starved of sport of all descriptions but particularly our national sport, football, so i think there is going to be a huge level of interest. relegation threatened aston villa featured in the last match before the season was suspended. arguably the greatest challenge the premier leagu

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 for c.n.n. and holds dual u.s. philippine citizenship she says she's 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 1986 and i have worked in 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 require. 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 country's leading broadcasters was shut down rights groups when the country is entering dangerous territory it i

with maria ressa you can visit our website www dot com. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world but russia has opened a criminal investigation against crippling critic alexina of all the over comments that he made on social media the outspoken opponent of president vladimir putin is accused of posting a video about sweeping constitutional reforms alongside comments that the committee doing the investigation says are false and amounts to slander. the 93rd academy awards the oscar ceremony has been postponed by 2 months due to the corona virus outbreak it will now take place on the 25th of april next year the pandemic has hit the film industry hard with most theaters closed now for months movie release dates have been pushed back. the german government is planning to take a 23 percent stake in the private biotech company cure of that which is working on a covert 19 back seeing how that state will cost about 300000000 euros your back is based here in germany and is about to begin clinical trials fo

made a few years ago that some journalists do this serve to be killed so right now at this point maria ressa still at her press conference she's sharing her sentiments with other journalists a lot of people say they continue to support maria they think that this is the 1st time that basically cyber libel was weaponized it was something that was passed during the previous administration but a lot of rights groups over the past few years have actually been calling on the government to decriminalize libel they worry though that the case of maria despite being prominent actually has a greater impact to lesser known community journalists who may not have the same gravitas who will feel intimidated every time they write a story every time they write they speak truth to power every time they face bigger challenges and go out against powerful people. who speak now to barbara truth in vienna she is the executive director of the international press institute a journalism advocacy group where maria ressa is part of the executive board thank you for your time is this the final nail in the coffin for med

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 for c.n.n. and holds dual u.s. philippine citizenship she says she's 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 1906 and i have worked so many countries around the world. been shot at and threatened 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 require. 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 country's leading broadcasters was shut down rights groups when the country is entering dangerous ter

critics] against website rappler editor maria ressa.critics say she has been targeted because of the website's criticism of the country's resident. howard johnson, take us through the details of this case? we've just heard this maria ressa has been found guilty alongside reynaudo santos jr, been found guilty alongside reynaudo santoer, wrote the article for rappler eight years ago. this was made active in 2016 and according to the department ofjustice, they said the changing of a typo in the story made it available to be prosecuted and she could face up to 60 years injail and that she's been order, rappler has been ordered to pay business and wilfredo king, who said he was slighted by the article, accused of being involved in drug smuggling and human trafficking, they've been ordered to pay 400,000 philippine pesos in damages, and rappler didn't offer proof to prove the allegations against him. they cited an intelligence report during this hearing and it was not shown to the courtroom and what they are saying that rappler did not do eno

made a few years ago that some journalists do this serve to be killed so right now at this point maria ressa still at her press conference she's sharing her sentiments with other journalists a lot of people say they will continue to support maria they think that this is the 1st time that basically cyber libel was weaponized it was something that was passed during the previous administration but a lot of rights groups over the past few years have actually been calling on the government to decriminalize libel they worry though that the case of maria despite being prominent actually has a greater impact to lesser known community journalists who may not have the same gravitas or will feel intimidated every time they write a story every time the right throughout the speech used to power every time they face bigger challenges to go out against powerful people tomorrow and again the following all those developments for us on the ground in manila thanks very much tamara. the death of a black american man following a struggle with police in the u.s. city of atlanta is now being treated as a homicide

prominent journalists has been found guilty of libel and a case seen as a major blow to press freedom maria ressa denies the charges concerning an article published on her news website rappler that link to wealthy businessman to criminal activity it's one of several charges against the site which is highlighted extrajudicial killings and abuses during president detaches time in office race is expected to appeal a conviction which carries a sentence of up to 6 years in prison. i appeal to you the journalists in this room the filipinos who are in this. protect your right. we are men. canary table we are meant to make you a free. right so i appeal again. don't be afraid because if you don't use your rights you will lose them if we don't tolerate a brazen move to try to roll back the rights guaranteed in the constitution we will lose them. out of dugan joins us live now from outside the court in manila a journalist so this was a very high profile case in the philippines tell us more quickly about the background and the verdict. well the verdict today was guilty of cyber libel together with another jo

i am free ok and you are in the stream the journalist maria ressa executive editor at a very popular online publication of brown but she has just been found guilty of cyber libel with one of her former colleagues ray santos jr what does that tell us about what is going on in the philippines today i am sure you have a point of view you may well even have questions so the way to do that is the you cheap chinese that i jump into the chat and you can be part of the conversation. my name is very sad to see you on your i am a former doctor employee and i am one of the defendants in be a cyber labor he's the philippines and you're watching history. you'll hear more from ray in just a little bit the 1st of all i have say welcome back maria to the stream it is good to have you back unfortunately just over a year ago we were talking about your last and now it to us out a guilty verdict. could you capture something as a little out of what happened we were talking 8 years ago what landed you and your former colleague ray in the courts in the philippines what was that story wow a lot. a lot of le

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 article on her news website rappler it linked a wealthy businessman to criminal activity charges one of several against the site that highlighted extrajudicial killings and abuses during president attacks his time in office rest as expected to appeal the conviction that carries a sentence of up to 6 years in prison. i appeal to you the journalists in this room the filipinos who are listening. to protect your rights we are men. cautionary tale we are meant to make you afraid. great so i appeal again. don't be afraid because if you don't use your rights you will lose them if we don't challenge a brazen move to try to roll back the rights guaranteed in the constitution we will lose them. as more from outside the court in manila. this is not the 1st time though and not the only case that journalists are facing as you know just over a month ago the biggest media network was shut down a.b. a c.b.s. also was shut down because of its failure to renew its lic

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. don't be afraid because if you don't use your rights you will lose them if we don't 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 and foreign ownership which is banned in the philippines the cyber libel case stands from a 27 team complaint filed by a businessman of a rappler stor

maria ressa in manila, thank you forjoining hardtalk. thank you, stephen.th your personal situation, earlier this month, you were convicted on this charge of cyberlibel, as they called it. has it changed things for you? aside from the emotional roller—coaster and the fact we have crossed yet another divide, i think i'm on the same race i have been on for the last four years, which is really standing up for my rights both as a filipino and as a journalist. you are on bail and i think your legal team said there will be an appeal. do you, in any sense, feel frightened right now? you know, stephen, i have gone through this. when you have been under attack for four years, as we have been, there have been all the stages — like the stages of grief, right? in 2016, we were pummelled on social media, exponential attacks that are extremely visceral and take you by surprise, the viciousness of it. the same narratives in 2017 came out of the government's mouth. president rodrigo duterte himself then began to equate journalists with criminals and then, in 2018, 11 cases

maria ressa, thank you very much indeed for being on hardtalk. thanks for having me. hello.ut if you are not a fan of the heat and the humidity, you will probably be pleased to hear that things are now turning fresher. through friday, it will be a cooler day, the chance of some heavy showers and some thunderstorms around too. still quite a mild, muggy start to the morning. first thing friday, those temperatures quite widely in the mid to high teens, could be not shy of 20 degrees for central london first thing friday morning. now, we start with this band of fairly heavy showers and thunderstorms. this is nine o‘clock in the morning. it will be drier down towards the southwest of england and wales. the southeast of england, through the midlands, up towards north and northwest of england into northern ireland as well, that‘s where we are likely to see some of those heavy downpours. and for the western isles, some of them are going to be really heavy and thundery once again. northern and eastern scotland, probably avoiding quite a good deal of those heavy showers. now, across e

up to six years for maria ressa, and at best six months.ople in this country saying, human rights defenders and journalist saying, they have been repeatedly attacked since duterte came to power online. there is a nasty online trial culture in this country, not unique to this country, but particularly fierce when it death threats are bandied about when you write articles not perceived well by supporters of the government. not much has been done to tackle that issue over the last few years. and what we have seen is the government always say, no, we are absolutely into freedom of speech and that is why they allow people like the bbc to report from the country. they say they are all for freedom of speech but you must play by the rules of the law. if you write an article that has not been properly verified, then you will suffer the consequences. 0k, will suffer the consequences. ok, thank you howard johnson in manila for us. earlier we spoke to glenda gloria, managing editor of rappler, about what this decision means for maria ressa, the publica

president rodrigo duterte has taken exception to what maria ressa and the journalists at "rappler" havethey've been on a crusade about his war on drugs. killings taken place across the philippines. this put a target on maria's back. there were 11 criminal charges against maria, been reduced to eight. today she's been convicted of one, cyberlibel case. amnesty international, human rights watch, everybody is coming out to say this is absolute sham, president duterte trying to silence the independent media. and maria, she said she was devastated but of course prepared for what could happen, and this is getting attention right around the world. take a listen to what maria said straight after the verdict. >> i appeal to you the journalists in this room, the filipinos who are listening, to protect your rights. we are meant to be a cautionary tale. we are meant to make you afraid. right? so i appeal again, don't be afraid. because if you don't use your rights, you will lose them. >> there you heard maria getting a little bit choked up. she's obviously a very optimistic, positive person. i spok

that was something that maria ressa spoke to.ey were at the courthouse to document this moment in history. i mean, she said she was absolutely devastated. even though she was preparing for the worst case scenario, but she told her colleagues not to give up. take a listen. >> reporter: i appeal to you, the journalists in this room, the filipinos who are listening, to protect your rights. we are meant to be a cautionary tale. we are meant to make you afraid. right? so i appeal again. don't be afraid. because if you don't use your rights, you will lose them. >> reporter: maria founded rappler back in 2011, 2012. she has made it her crusade to hold the government to count. when president rodrigo duterte came into account, they scrutinized the killings which penalized thousands of filipinos. this is coverage the president did not like an many say this is why he and his government and the courts have gone after maria ressa. but i mentioned amal clooney, natalie. she said shortly after that verdict verdict, i want to read you some of it

and standing up for press freedom in the philippines journalist maria ressa has vowed to keep fighting after being convicted of a cyber libel press freedom advocates say the case is meant to silence critics of president detective we'll go live to manila. and when blue cross thanks for joining protests against social injustice and police brutality persists in the u.s. inflamed by friday's fatal police shooting of race card brooks in atlanta georgia body and dash cam footage shows a seemingly peaceful exchange between the 27 year old black man and 2 white officers that turned deadly when they tried to arrest him on suspicion of drunk driving and then a scuffle ensued the incident is under investigation and the officer who fired the shots already terminated may face criminal charges. 1st it was set to light. now the wendy's fast food restaurant in atlanta has become a sort of memorial for a shot brooks as the community comes to terms with his death. anyone over there is house results my life too short you can we don't like is so outside of our sort of person we are trying to keep away fro

to do this this takes weeks to i can't mkhize i come occur on the cheap right now and why is maria ressa making a drama in international media. why. are you. well 1st of all that's that's the normal narrative what's been pushed our what i call the propaganda machine but i would love her to i would love to still switch places with her and have her face 11 cases the investigation i'd love to see what drama really looks like. staying with the chips a net says i would like to ask if you seen a different pattern of attacks tools women journalists in the philippines and say that says we know to tell to uses lots of profanities and the philippines is not on the forefront when it comes to women's rights. i wonder if it's a net effect but it's a net nice to nice to me too women are attacked online at least 10 times more than men this is what our data shows us and the attacks like our president you know are sexist that such an ist are worse i've been called every ad of well you can think of. and very violent inciting to poke straights so having said that this is just the top it's just the top of t

moving to the philippines now where journalist maria ressa has been found guilty of cyber libel the verdict is being seen as a major blow to press freedom in the country ressa co-founded the website rappler and was charged over a 2012 article on rappler that linked a businessman to murder human trafficking and drug dealing media watchdogs that the case was filed in retaliation for the site's often critical reporting of president or go to terror take a 56 year old now faces up to 6 years in jail. and let's get more right now from our correspondent on a santos who is imminent and also a contributor to rappler give us a sense of what it was like in and around the courtroom when the verdict came down . on the atmosphere here at the regional trial court address here and also by the more chance that you saw maria exhibiting after the conviction was announced 1st she was very hopeful and upbeat saying that she's prepared for whatever sentence comes your way and will fight it and then she also became part in motion or hew made public plea saying that this case this conviction of hardware nivel it's

the last a year and a half the season went on for several years 11 cases in mystic asians against maria ressa and rappler and the only way they could manage to send her to prison was over a title. because what happened was the sign 7 libel law came out after that story was published so you in the clear it was only the update but someone corrected a spelling error right that is left to you being where you are now that's extraordinary i'm just wondering the bigger picture cyber libel law what is satsang about where the philippines is right now and journalism freedom of speach. well you know i guess what happened to me and to rappler actually in my my heels a little bit to what happened to the largest television network in the philippines just a month ago i'm a fish to a.b.s.e which is the largest broadcaster it is a news group of about a 1000 people total the entire network employs about 11 or 8 this network was shut out and there is similar to what had interrupt were in 2018 minor regulatory agency gave shutdown notice except in the case of a.b.s.e the within a few hours they went black the la

would send the local filipino journalists who may not have the same gravitas the same popularity as maria ressa maria one of the most high profile journalists in the country has been convicted today by a cyber libel case law that was signed by the previous administration which journalists have been calling for decriminalization over the past few years to really what's the reaction been the. guilty verdict. well there were we've seen a lot of outrage obviously there has been very strong international support for maria there's also strong local support from maria lot of local organizations the foreign press club the national union of journalists of the philippines they say this shouldn't even be the priority of the government you know this is the 1st hour week that courts are opening after one of the longest most strictest quarantine it's been imposed in the world that's in the philippines and the priority was the promulgation of maria's case along with 7 others so basically what people here are saying largely is that they criticize the priority of the government coupled with the anti terror law

a prominent journalist and a colleague have been convicted of libel in the philippines maria ressa denies the charges over an article published on rappler news website those are your headlines up next it's counting the cost more news in a little under 30 minutes hopefully. counting the cost on al-jazeera a weekly look at the world of business and this week india prime minister narendra modi rushes through the labor reforms as the pandemic and his own economic failures crash the indian jobs market. also from a trade war to a new cold war china time has its grip on hong kong the united states sanctions chinese officials through it all can hong kong remain ages number one financial center. and modern. and skin design of the types of roles which might once have been.

and maria ressa now joins mean froma. maria ressa, what's the state of press freedom in the philippines?by >> it's deat thousand cuts. freedom, but essentially over the last four years, of our democracy.but certainly what wen just in the last two, onths, you kne largest broadcaster-- imagine, if cbs or cnn were shur down by , right? so the largest broadcaster here, abs-cbn, is shut down.e the last tat happened was when martial law was declared in the '70s, and it was shut down for 14 years'r thstill trying to fight it. and then less a little over a month later, here's my conviction. it is the first of eight criminal cases that i face for being a journalist. >> schifrin: we've seen attacks on the supreme court, chief justice, on prominent legislatures and of cothe war on drugs, which the n. calls a murderous crackdown that's killed more than tens of thousands. is this part of a trend in the philippines? >> absolutely, and it's too, you know, the first is reallwhen we saw in 2016, the weaponization of social media. so the a

a prominent journalist and a colleague have been convicted of libel and the further things maria ressa denies the charges over an article published on her play news website the verdict is being seen as a major blow to press freedom. and turkish warplanes have bombed several areas and more than iraq targeting kurdish p.k. k. fighters defense ministry says it's in response to an increase in attacks on its army bases. the us is demanding the immediate release of a former soldier jailed of russia for spying a closed door court in moscow sentenced paul we've been to 16 years he says police planted a flash drive containing classified information while he was at a friend's wedding 2 years ago the u.s. ambassador in moscow says the businessman is innocent and describes his secret trial as a mockery of justice. i've described these proceedings as a mockery of justice and today just in from. an american citizen has been sentenced to the term of 16 years. for quality for which we have not seen evidence he said. he was denied the opportunity to present with this is his defense was denied the oppor

after years of legal hounding by the filipino government the journalist maria ressa the editor of the news site rappler now faces 6 years in prison how has it come to this because you didn't seem president or at regal to take he is obsessed with vesa and we've tracked multiple years of verbal abuse numerous investigations even the debunking of after his license back in 2018 reza herself has called this death by a 1000 cuts now she and a former colleague of hers have been convicted of cyber libel but an article published back in 2012 but here's the kicker this cyber crime we know under which this libel has been identified did not even exist when the octopus 1st published it was an active 4 months after publication but wrapper then updated that article and that created a technicality that prosecutors jumped on correct yes but the other did consisted of correcting a spelling mistake these are dark days for the filipino media to change just last month we to put it on a.b.s. e.b.m. the country's biggest t.v. network been taken off the air and now media this is sentencing is it in developme

this is bbc news, the headlines: a court in the philippines has convicted the prominentjournalist, maria ressa, of libel. ms ressa, a critic of president rodrigo duterte, was found guilty along with reynaldo santos, a former writer with her news website rappler. both face up to six years in jail. india's federal government has announced new plans to deal with a surge in coronavirus infections in delhi as the country struggles to contain its covid19 infection rate. india's total number of confirmed cases puts it fourth in the world in the pandemic. the french president emmanuel macron has defended his coronavirus strategy and set out a plan to return france to normal. he said borders would reopen from monday to visitors from many other eu countries. mr macron also promised to do more to tackle inequality. now on bbc news, coronavirus: what next? explores what might happen as restrictions ease and people adjust to a new reality. hello, and welcome to the latest in our special programmes on the coronavirus pandemic. i'm annita mcveigh. on today's programme, the world health organisation says that

or staying with that story earlier we spoke to maria ressa she says she is determined to challenge the verdict. we've crossed another boundary you know that in 2016 the government attacks on social media said that they would try to turn the journalist label to criminal it took 4 years and here we are i've now been convicted but of course we will fight this in court we did one of the 1st stories around the world to look at how facebook algorithms impact democracy for the series that we called the propaganda war i was attacked and that kind of weaponization the narratives that were there where i became a criminal already back then translated into the law a year later the same attacks came out of president detectives mouth and then now it took you know 4 years but now the court has joined in this insidious attack on press freedom and they attempt to stifle the rights that are in the constitution. the number of attacks of cases that have been filed in 20 team 11 cases against us and then in 2019 multiple arrests and detention. and now 7 other criminal cases you know so i guess i know what