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A court in the Philippines has found a prominent journalist guilty of cyber libel. Maria Ressa is the CEO and co-founder of an online news portal called Rappler. And some people say this is blatant intimidation of the media. NPR's Julie McCarthy has been following this story. Hey, Julie.

菲律宾一家法院裁定，一名著名记者网络诽谤罪名成立。玛丽亚·雷萨是在线新闻门户网站Rappler的首席执行官兼联合创始人。有些人认为这一裁决是对媒体的公然恐吓。NPR新闻的朱莉·麦卡锡一直在追踪这起事件。你好，朱莉。

JULIE MCCARTHY, BYLINE: Hi there.

朱莉·麦卡锡连线：你好。

KING: Tell me about Maria Ressa. Who is she?

金：请介绍一下玛丽亚·雷萨。她是谁？

MCCARTHY: Maria Ressa is an award-winning journalist — in fact, she was the Time's person of the year in 2018 — who went after the government. Now, in the Philippines, the press is under huge pressure from a hostile government. And prosecutors went after Ressa using a law that is specifically aimed at publishing online, which is where her news operation exists. Rappler reported on a businessman, suggesting that he had links to human trafficking. The government argued it was libelous.

麦卡锡：玛丽亚·雷萨是获奖记者，事实上，她曾当选《时代》周刊2018年年度人物，她一直在追查政府。菲律宾新闻界面临着来自敌对政府的巨大压力。追查雷萨的检方利用了一项专门针对在线发布的法律，而在线发布正是雷萨新闻业务的运营场所。Rappler网发布了一篇涉及一名商人的报道，报道中称该商人与人口贩卖有联系。政府认为这是诽谤。

Ressa's message after the verdict against her to Filipinos who were listening was protect your rights. Here she is speaking at a Rappler online forum just after the hearing.

判决公布后，雷萨向关注此事的菲律宾人传递的信息是：保护你的权利。下面是听证会结束后她在Rappler网在线论坛上发表的讲话。

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MARIA RESSA: I appeal again — don't be afraid. Freedom of the press is the foundation of every single right you have as a Filipino citizen.

玛丽亚·雷萨：我要再次呼吁，不要害怕。新闻自由是每位菲律宾公民所享有的所有权利的基础。

KING: She mentions your rights as a Filipino citizen, which makes me wonder, where is President Rodrigo Duterte in all of this?

金：她提到了菲律宾公民的权利，这使我想知道总统罗德里戈·杜特尔特的态度。

MCCARTHY: Well, he makes no secret about his antipathy toward the media and Ressa. Her news outfit has done extensive coverage of his administration, especially close attention to his violent drug war. And this case is only one of a half a dozen that they've charged Ressa and Rappler with. The government has hit them with tax evasion and illegally obtaining foreign funding. Duterte came to office telling journalists, you're not immune to assassination. Now, that's a chilling remark.

麦卡锡：他毫不掩饰对媒体和雷萨的反感。雷萨的新闻网站对杜特尔特政府进行了广泛报道，该网站对其发动的暴力毒品战争的关注尤为密切。这起案件只是他们对雷萨和Rappler网提起的六起诉讼中的其中一例。政府指控他们逃税和非法获取外国资金。杜特尔特上台后告诉记者，你们不能免于暗杀。这是一句令人毛骨悚然的话。

And the Philippines is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists. Sixteen have been killed in the past four years, usually unsolved murders. But this libel case is being treated as a sort of emblem for press freedom under assault across the globe. But the government and the court maintained this is not about press freedom. It's a case of libel.

对于记者来说，菲律宾是世界上最危险的国家之一。过去四年来，有16名记者被杀害，大多是尚未解决的谋杀案。但这起诽谤案被全球视为新闻自由遭到攻击的象征。但菲律宾政府和法院坚称，这与新闻自由无关。这是一起诽谤案。

KING: And are people there buying it?

金：人们相信这种说法吗？

MCCARTHY: Well, you know, many Filipinos are distracted by the worst economic downturn in 30 years, the COVID pandemic. But there was wall-to-wall coverage of this verdict in the Philippines.

麦卡锡：许多菲律宾人被30年来最严重的经济衰退和新冠肺炎疫情分散了注意力。但在菲律宾，对这项裁决的报道可谓是铺天盖地。

The Press Freedom Defense Fund struck a chord that you heard rights groups echo. And they said that, you know, there are many at this hour wondering who will be next. And they urged Duterte to carefully weigh the consequences of his treatment of the media. And Human Rights Watch Asia Director Phil Robertson called it a dire day for press freedom in the Philippines. Here he is.

新闻自由防卫基金会引起了人们的共鸣，权利组织纷纷呼应。他们表示，现在有许多人想知道接下来会轮到谁。他们敦促杜特尔特仔细权衡他对待媒体的方式所产生的后果。人权观察组织亚洲区主任菲尔·罗伯逊称，这对菲律宾的新闻自由来说是可怕的一天。下面是他所说。

PHIL ROBERTSON: If this was a civil libel case where he was suing for damages, saying that you've damaged my reputation, then we wouldn't have much to say about it. But the issue of a journalist going to prison for something they wrote is fundamentally problematic.

菲尔·罗伯逊：如果这是一起民事诽谤案，他起诉要求赔偿，称你们损害了我的名誉，那我们没什么可说的。但记者因为他们所写的文章而入狱这件事，从根本上就是有问题的。

KING: So what happens to Maria Ressa now?

金：玛丽亚·雷萨会怎么样？

MCCARTHY: Well, she's free on bail, pending appeal. But the judge gave her what's called an indeterminate sentence, with six months minimum up to six years maximum if the conviction holds. Essentially, you get paroled once you serve six months. But she looked extraordinarily calm in the face of prison. She told the graduating class at Princeton last month that she had embraced her fear and defeated it.

麦卡锡：她已被保释，等候上诉。但法官对她做出了不定刑期的判决，即如果罪名成立，那她将面临最低6个月到最高6年的刑期。基本上来说，服刑六个月后就可以得到假释。但面对牢狱之灾，她看上去异常平静。她上个月对普林斯顿大学的毕业生表示，她已经接受并战胜了自已的恐惧。

KING: NPR's Julie McCarthy. Julie, thank you.

金：以上是NPR新闻的朱莉·麦卡锡带来的报道。朱莉，谢谢你。

MCCARTHY: Thank you.

麦卡锡：谢谢。