“People should know that the line has been crossed,” Ressa told reporters,. London-based right group Amnesty International said the charges were trumped up and “brazenly politically motivated.”Ressa’s arrest is the latest problem Rappler has faced. “These cases are intended to intimidate us,” Chay Hofilena, Rappler’s investigative editor, told media. He has called Rappler a “fake news outlet,” and even suggested it might be linked to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines called Ressa’s arrest “a shameless act of persecution by a bully government.”With files from Martin Petty.

Source: National Post February 13, 2019 15:10 UTC