Human Rights Award

Rappler CEO Maria A. Ressa is seen in this photo with (L to R) former education secretary Armin A. Luistro, former Philippine president Benigno S.C. Aquino III, Inquirer columnist Randolph S. David, Vice-President Maria Leonor G. Robredo, Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio S. David, and De La Salle University (DLSU)-College of Law Dean Jose Manuel I. Diokno. Together with the Jose W. Diokno Foundation, DLSU conferred on Tuesday the “Ka Pepe Diokno Human Rights Award” to Bishop David and Ms. Ressa. Also on Tuesday, Ms. Ressa asked the Manila regional trial court (RTC) Branch 46 to dismiss the cyberlibel case against her and former researcher Reynaldo Santos, Jr.