Defamation as Censorship in the Philippines
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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