Philippines: Duterte critic and journalist Maria Ressa charged again with cyber libel


MANILA, Jan 16 (AFP): Embattled Philippine journalist Maria Ressa (pic) faces a third cyber libel charge, her lawyer has announced, this time for a story over students allegedly paying a professor for passing grades.

Ressa and her news site Rappler face at least a dozen criminal charges and investigations after publishing stories critical of President Rodrigo Duterte's policies, including his bloody drug war.

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