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Philippines: News Site Rappler Indicted in Ongoing Crackdown

HeadlineNov 30, 2018

In the Philippines, leading independent news site Rappler and its CEO and executive editor Maria Ressa have been indicted on tax evasion charges. The case is seen as the latest attack against the press by authoritarian Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. Last week, Democracy Now! spoke to Maria Ressa in our New York studio.

Maria Ressa: “These are all political attacks against us. They haven’t shut us down. We continue operating. But we are fighting many cases, six or seven different investigations and legal cases. And these cases do—it’s like a war of attrition. … But we continue to do investigative work, and we continue to expose impunity that is happening at all levels.”

Maria Ressa was given the the Knight International Journalism Award and the Committee to Protect Journalists 2018 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award.

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