The Message Behind Maria Ressa’s Cyber Libel Arrest

Maria Ressa spent New Year's Eve in Times Square, a guest of honor at a celebration of the free press. Little more than a month later, the Filipina journalist spent the night in a Manila jail over a "cyberlibel" charge brought by the government against her as executive editor of the news site Rappler.

Maria Ressa spent New Year's Eve in Times Square, a guest of honor at a celebration of the free press. Little more than a month later, the Filipina journalist spent the night in a Manila jail over a "cyberlibel" charge brought by the government against her as executive editor of the news site Rappler.