As Maria Ressa flies to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize, the #HoldtheLine (HTL) Coalition has condemned ongoing State-linked legal harassment of the Nobel Laureate after new libel complaints were filed against Ressa’s Rappler and six other news organizations – by a senior member of the Philippine cabinet.
The complaints were filed with the Taguig City Prosecutor’s Office by the Duterte administration’s Energy Secretary, Alfonso Cusi.
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