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Defamation as Censorship in the Philippines

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Jan 22, 2011
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At some time before the end of January, the Philippines public prosecutor is to decide whether to bring criminal libel charges against respected journalist Marites Danguilan Vitug, over a complaint that she had libeled a Supreme Court Justice in a recent book.

Specifically, Justice Presbitero Velasco took exception to an assertion that he had helped his …

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