she singled out maria ressa as an incredible woman., who used social media to blast the band, telling them not to come to the philippines ever again. and there are some that are even calling this, howard, a test case in press freedom. yes, this is because maria ressa and the rappler team have been very strong in their criticism of the war on drugs here, and a lot of hard—hitting drugs here, and a lot of ha rd—hitting investigative work drugs here, and a lot of hard—hitting investigative work has gone on, and that has angered president roderigo duterte. he called them a fake news outlet. he also said there were —— they were american owned. there are 11 charges against rappler, including tax evasion. and also what we are seeing is the government saying this has got nothing to do with freedom of speech. we support freedom of speech, we believe this isjust a case of a private businessmen who has been defamed in public, and this is just has been defamed in public, and this isjust simply has been defamed in public, and this is just simply a

to keep the country safe and that u2 —— maria ressa was doing a good job. come back to the philippines. —— rodrigo deter tay. —— duterte was up lots of people have been dying and investigative work has been going on behind the scenes of the war on drugs and rodrigo duterte said... there had there have been 11 charges against maria ressa, and they said they support freedom of speech and they believe this is a case of a private businessman who has been defamed in public and this is just simply a private case that needs to be resolved in the courts here. that was howard johnson speaking earlier to kasia madera. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: putin's 20 years in power. a special report on the changing face of russia. also on the programme: and — recipes with a royal ingredient. christmas cooking with the duke and duchess of cambridge. saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, our women, our children. the signatures took only a few minutes, but they have brought a formal end to 3.5 years of conflict that has cl

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