‘I am being treated like a criminal when my only crime is to be an independent journalist,’ the award-winning head of news platform Rappler said as she was being led away by police
Rappler CEO and executive editor Maria Ressa speaks at an event attended by law students at the University of the Philippines College of Law in Quezon City on March 12, 2019.The head of a Philippine news website known for critical reports about President Rodrigo Duterte was rearrested at Manila airport on Friday, this time on charges she had violated foreign ownership rules.
Ressa was served an arrest warrant over a libel case last month and spent a night in detention before she was released on bail. Legal action against Rappler has drawn global concern about a free and open press in the Southeast Asian country.She was arrested again minutes after arriving at the airport from an overseas trip. She said she would seek bail.
Media watchdogs said the charges against Ressa were trumped up and aimed at intimidating those who challenge Duterte’s rule, in particular his deadly crackdown on illicit drugs.
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