CA upholds Makati court’s decision not to arrest Trillanes over coup d état case
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 9) Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has scored another win against the government after the Court of Appeals affirmed a 2018 ruling not to revive the coup d état case against him.
In a 67-page decision dated May 31 and released to the media on Wednesday, the CA upheld the verdict of Judge Andres Soriano of the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 148 to junk the Department of Justice s petition to have Trillanes arrested.
The non-bailable coup d état charges against the ex-lawmaker were dismissed in September 2011 after he was granted amnesty by former President Benigno Aquino III.
The Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed the decision of a Makati City court denying the government's bid to put former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV behind bars over a previously dismissed coup d'etat case.
#HoldTheLine coalition welcomes reprieve for Maria Ressa, demands all other charges and cases be dropped
“Rappler” CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa (C), her attorney and a former “Rappler” researcher, after they attend the promulgation for a case of cyber libel filed by Wilfredo Keng, Manila, Philippines, 15 June 2020, Dante Diosina Jr/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Despite the dropping of the second criminal cyberlibel case against Rappler s Maria Ressa, the Filipino-American journalist still faces eight other charges.
This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 1 June 2021.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), as part of the #HoldTheLine (HTL) Coalition, welcomes a Manila court’s decision to dismiss the second criminal cyberlibel charge brought against celebrated American-Filipino journalist Maria Ressa but demands the immediate withdrawal of all other charges and cases filed against Ressa and her news w
A Makati City court on Tuesday junked the second cyber libel suit lodged against Rappler CEO Maria Ressa after complainant Wilfredo Keng sought to dismiss the case.