Veteran journalist Philip Lustre Jr. was arrested in Quezon City on a cyberlibel warrant from a Davao court and released Saturday after posting P48,000 bail.
Cyberlibel is a criminal charge that can carry prison time in the Philippines. Cases against journalists draw attention to press freedom conditions, which affect the news reporting the public receives.
Track the Davao court's next hearings in the Lustre cyberlibel case.