ADVERTISEMENTRessa, along with Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov, were awarded the Nobel this year for their “courageous fight for freedom of expression” in their home countries. She has filed with the CA a motion to travel to Norway, which the Office of the Solicitor General has sought to thumb down. Te said he hoped the CA would follow the spirit of its Oct. 18, 2021 order that allowed Ressa to travel to Boston recently to give a series of lectures at Harvard University. “We felt, pursuant to many decisions of the Supreme Court, that the subsequent transfer of the disputed shares to qualified Filipinos, qualified transferees, in this case, Filipinos, would cure whatever the defects are,” Lim said. “I hope for the sake of all journalists and all Filipinos that it is the latter.”Echoed Gallagher: “What we want to avoid in [Ressa’s] case is for it to take a very long time before there is justice.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 23, 2021 03:04 UTC