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Amal Clooney on Team to Defend Philippines Journalist

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   International human rights lawyers Amal Clooney and Caoilfhionn
   Gallagher QC will lead a defense team to represent Philippines
   journalist Maria Ressa, who is a frequent critic of Filipino
   PresidentRodrigo Duterte.

   In a statement released by her London-based law firm Doughty Street
   Chambers, Clooney called Ressa "a courageous journalist who is being
   persecuted for reporting the news and standing up to human rights
   abuses."

   Ressa, who was named a Person of the Year in 2018 byTimemagazine, is
   the co-founder of the online news site Rappler.

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