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November 30, 2018

Philippines: News Site Rappler Indicted in Ongoing Crackdown
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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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