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Philippine agents arrest journalist critical of president

February 13, 2019 12:00 AM
Maria Ressa, the award-winning head of a Philippine online news site Rappler that has aggressively covered President Rodrigo Duterte's policies, shows an arrest form after being arrested by National Bureau of Investigation agents in a libel case Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019 in Manila, Philippines. Ressa, who was selected by Time magazine as one of its Persons of the Year last year, was arrested over a libel complaint from a businessman which Amnesty International has condemned as 'brazenly politically motivated.' Duterte's government says the arrest was a normal step in response to the complaint. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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