Philippine administration criminal criminal convicted of media oppression and criticism June 15 14:13

A court sentenced up to six years in prison on the 15th, when a journalist who had been critically reporting on the Duterte administration in the Philippines was charged with defamation of an article published online.

However, since this judgment is based on the law that came into force after the article was published, some criticism has been raised that it is an unjust judgment to suppress the media.

The conviction was sentenced to Maria Ressa, the editor-in-chief of the Internet media "Lappler," who has been critically reporting on the Duterte administration in the Philippines.

The lawsuit was filed by the male side in the case that Lessa et al. posted on the Internet in 2012 that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and a male businessman are accused of defaming the cyber crime prevention law in the Philippines. is.

Mr. Ressa claimed that the law was not guilty because it was enforced after the article was published, but a Philippine court said on June 15 that the article had been renewed after the law came into force, up to 6 years in prison. I convicted the year.

However, because the update of the article only corrected one typographical error, international human rights groups and others have criticized it as an unjust judgment to suppress the media.

"Freedom of the press is the root of the people's rights. We are in a critical situation as to whether we can be a democracy," said Ressa, who was released on bail and held a press conference. I made it clear.