Philippine news blogger, respected journalist and Duterte critic Maria Ressa arrested for 'libel'

Authorities in the Philippines have arrested one of the most outspoken critics of President Rodrigo Duterte. Maria Ressa runs Rappler, a news website critical of the government. Wednesday, she was charged with "cyber libel" and detained in her office in Manila because of a seven-year-old article alleging ties between a businessman and a judge. Ressa was among a group of prominent journalists that TIME magazine honoured as 'Person of the Year' for 2018.

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