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A KNOWN critic of Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, Dr. Rowena Burden, was again indicted on five more counts of cyber libel for alleged “malicious” statements against the governor.

Shooting the messenger. another messenger, dmitry muratov. hes editor of russias most independent newspaper, which has investigated corruption, police violence and electoral fraud. the nobel committee said six of its journalists have been killed because of their work. caroline hawley, bbc news. im joined now by a colleague of maria ressas at rappler, rambo talabong, who witnessed the pressures on journalism first hand, when they were both taken to court to face libel charges. thank you forjoinin...

Tonight in "crime and punishment," brand new developments in the amanda knox story. knox is the american young woman convicted of murdering her roommate in italy. now the italian justice system is going after her parents. in a few minutes well hear from amandas mom who is charged with libel for what she said how italian police treated her daughter. if the knox story sounds like a lifetime movie waiting to happen, the wait is over. a lifetime movie is premiering on monday. take a look. >> amanda ...

Foxy knoxy swept into -- >> you have no evidence. >> well, amanda knox is appealing her conviction. her mom says the libel charges will not stop her from telling her story. well have more on that in a moment. youll hear from her but first, joe johns has a look at how amanda knox got where she is now. >> reporter: she was painted as a homicidal she devil by prosecutors who claimed it was some sort of perverted game that led amanda knox to encourage her boyfriend and another man to sexually assaul...

Is going after her parents. her mom is charged with libel. if the knox story sounds like a lifetime movie waiting to happen, the wait is over. a movie is premiering on monday. take a look. >> it starteds a some sort of sex game. >> this is not true. >> i believe amanda orchestrated the attack. >> you have no evidence. >> amanda knox is appealing her conviction. her mom says the libel charges will not stop her from telling her story. more on that in a moment. but first, joe johns has a look at ho...

She is the young woman convicted of murdering her roommate in italy. now the italian justice system is going after her parents. her mom is charged with libel. for what she said about how police treated her daughter. if the knox story sounds like a lifetime movie waiting to happen, the wait is over. a movie is premiering on monday. starring hayden panettiere. marcia gay harden plays her mother. take a look. >> it started as some sort of sex game. >> this is not true. >> i believe amanda orchestra...