Philippine journalist Maria Ressa arrested again
By Regine Cabato Regine Cabato Email Bio March 29 at 4:40 AM MANILA — A Philippine journalist critical of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration was arrested for a second time in little over a month on Friday morning, the latest in a string of charges widely perceived as attempts to stifle the press.
Ressa, chief executive of the news site Rappler, shared Time magazine’s 2018 Person of the Year award with several other journalists, including slain Washington Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi. “This latest episode is not surprising and we prepared ourselves for it,” said Francis Lim, Ressa’s legal counsel. “But let it be crystal clear that these acts of harassment will not deter our clients from doing their duty as journalists.”
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines said Rappler has become the Duterte administration’s “whipping boy” in its efforts to silence what was once considered the freest press in Asia. Human Rights Watch said that the actions against Ressa and company were “unprecedented and speaks volumes of the Duterte administration’s determination to shut the website down.”
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