Maria Ressa, the CEO of online news platform Rappler, arrives to post bail at a Manila Regional Trial Court in Manila City, Philippines, on Feb. 14. (Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)Philippine journalist Maria Ressa was released on bail Thursday after spending the night in detention over years-old libel charges decried as the Philippine government’s latest attack on press freedom. “My stay last night at the NBI really made me think, what is this all about?” Ressa said upon posting bail. The Committee to Protect Journalists called on the government to drop charges against Ressa and her company. “The arrest of Maria Ressa is an outrage,” said CPJ Board Chair Kathleen Carroll.

Source: Washington Post February 14, 2019 06:13 UTC