{"id":8198,"date":"2021-01-14T14:41:37","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T14:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/asia\/southeast-asia\/article\/3117800\/philippine-journalist-maria-ressa-leading-critic-president"},"modified":"2021-01-14T14:41:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T14:41:37","slug":"philippine-journalist-maria-ressa-a-leading-critic-of-rodrigo-duterte-faces-third-charge-of-cyber-libel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/14\/philippine-journalist-maria-ressa-a-leading-critic-of-rodrigo-duterte-faces-third-charge-of-cyber-libel\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, a leading critic of Rodrigo Duterte, faces third charge of cyber libel"},"content":{"rendered":"Embattled Philippine journalist Maria Ressa faces a third cyber libel charge, her lawyer said on Thursday, this time for a story about 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\u2019s policies, including his bloody drug war.\u201cIt\u2019s my 10th arrest warrant in less than two years. That\u2019s definitely a pattern of harassment,\u201d Ressa, who Time\u2026\n