Maria Ressa

Maria Ressa is a Philippine journalist who was arrested in Manila on her way back from San Francisco. The reasoning behind it is “being targeted by the authorities as part of a campaign to silence and intimidate Rappler.” Rappler is a social news network that provides stories to inspire the community to engage in any issues that are going on in the current time. She has been arrested seven times in the last few months and has had to post bail each time totaling over $1,709 before court costs. She reports about Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte “war on drugs that has killed thousands.” It is crazy to think that not everywhere in the world is there freedom of speech as we take that for granted in the States.


https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/28/asia/maria-ressa-arrest-intl/index.html

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