Journalist Maria Ressa is free on bail as she appeals against a six-year prison sentence handed down last year for a libel conviction. - Reuters
MANILA, Nov 22 (Reuters): Philippine Nobel Prize winning journalist Maria Ressa ruled out on Monday going into exile over legal challenges she faces, and her lawyers urged the government of President Rodrigo Duterte to drop all charges against her.
Ressa, the first Nobel laureate from the Philippines, shared the Peace Prize https://www.reuters.com/world/philippines-journalist-ressa-russian-journalist-muratov-win-2021-nobel-peace-2021-10-08 with Russian investigative journalist Dmitry Muratov, a move widely seen as intended as an endorsement of free speech rights under fire worldwide.
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