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菲律宾独立媒体人网络诽谤案罪名成立 面临最高六年监禁
菲律宾独立媒体，拉普勒（Rappler ）网站创办人蕾莎（Maria Ressa）日前涉嫌一起网络诽谤案，周一（15日）被马尼拉法院判罪名成立，将面临最高六年的监禁。
据彭博社（Bloomberg）报道，蕾莎因一篇2012刊登、2014年更新的报导而被控涉嫌网络诽谤。 该报道引用来源不明的机密资料，指涉一名商人涉嫌谋杀、人口贩卖与毒品走私，遭到该商人批评报道不实，涉嫌诽谤。
据美国有线电视新闻网菲律宾台，马尼拉法院周一裁定蕾莎诽谤罪名成立，判处她监禁六年。但蕾莎可以就裁决提起上诉。
蕾莎周末接受菲律宾媒体《ABS-CBN》新闻采访时表示，政府企图利用该官司扭曲司法。
蕾莎作为菲律宾新闻网站拉普勒的创办人，曾被时代杂志评选2018年的”年度人物”之一。 长久以来一直为菲律宾争取新闻自由，同年，她获得《保护记者组织委员会》（Committee to Protect Journalists）的新闻自由奖。 她也是无国界记者组织”信息与民主委员会”的成员之一，协助起草该组织的国际宣言。
拉普勒曾对菲律宾总统杜特蒂的铁腕扫毒提出严厉批评，因此，此次的宣判亦引发全球对于菲律宾自由与开放媒体的关切。
《法新社》指出，自从刊登批评菲律宾总统杜特蒂（Rodrigo Duterte）政策报导，包括造成数千人死亡的毒品战争之后，56岁的蕾莎和《Rappler》就一直是法律行动与调查锁定的目标。 她和人权团体都认为，本案的目的是要菲律宾总统杜杜特蒂（Rodrigo Duterte）的批评者噤声。
菲律宾大学新闻学教授阿拉奥（Danilo Arao）指这起网络诽谤案“开了一个危险先例”，“威胁新闻自由”。
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