MANILA, Philippines --- Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Rep. France Castro has refiled a bill in the House of Representatives that would decriminalize libel. Castro said she refiled House Bill 1769 in the 19th Congress following the affirmation by the Court of Appeals of the cyber libel conviction of Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and the news organization's former researcher Rey Santos Jr. "The affirmation of the guilty verdict against Ressa and Santos is a clear example of how the law can be used against the media and even ordinary citizens and forced to be silenced," Castro said in a statement on Saturday. Castro also cited...
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