Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 15) — The Supreme Court (SC) allowed Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa to travel abroad for speaking engagements.
In a statement, the SC said its First Division granted Ressa’s motion for permission to travel abroad.
The high court allowed the journalist to travel to Canada, France, South Korea, and the US from March 13 to April 1 on condition that she \” refrain from making any comment on or discussing in public her case and other related matters, and to travel on the cash bond of ₱100,000 she previously posted pursuant to an earlier Resolution of the Court.\”
Ressa must also submit to the SC an advice in writing of her return to the country within five days from her arrival.
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