The Supreme Court (SC) has allowed veteran journalist and Nobel Laureate Maria A. Ressa to travel abroad until April 1 for speaking engagements in Canada, France, South Korea, and the United States.
Ressa, chief executive officer of news outfit Rappler, has appealed her cyber libel conviction and is still pending resolution before the high court.
In a statement, the SC’s Public Information Office said Ressa’s permission to travel abroad was granted by the SC in a resolution issued last March 6.
However, the SC imposed conditions.
“Ressa was, among others, ordered to observe the sub judice rule and to refrain from making any comment on or discussing in public her case and other related matters, and to travel on the cash bond of P100,000 she previously posted pursuant to an earlier Resolution of the Court,” the SC said.
It also said the SC required Ressa “to transmit to the Court an advice in writing of her return to the country within five days from her arrival.”