MANILA: Philippine journalist Maria Ressa (pic), who has repeatedly clashed with President Rodrigo Duterte, was arrested in her Manila office in what rights advocates called an act of “persecution”.
Her detention on a charge of “cyber libel” is a dramatic escalation in the legal pressure bearing down on Ressa and her website Rappler, which was already facing tax evasion charges that could shut it down.
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