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Maria Ressa: The celebrated Philippine news boss enraging Duterte (BBC News)
Rachael Jolley, editor in chief of Index on Censorship magazine, speaks to BBC News about CEO of Rappler Maria Ressa's recent sentencing to up to six years in prison
25 Jun 20

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Editor-in-chief of Index on Censorship magazine Rachael Jolley quoted on BBC News about Maria Ressa, CEO of Philippine online news organisation Rappler, and her recent sentencing of up to six years in prison after being found guilty of cyber libel. Index has previously published work by Miriam Grace Go, news editor at Rappler.

“Rachael Jolley, editor of the Index on Censorship magazine, recalled meeting Ms Ressa at a journalism festival before her name was widely known. Even then, she says she quickly came to view her as an “extraordinarily strong individual to be able to stand up to the government pressure”.”

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