ressa: In many ways the government's attacks against Rappler have made it very clear to us exactly who we are, what our identity is, and for our young reporters who are on the ground, how clear and necessary our mission is today, Ressa told CNN's Kristie Lu Stout from Paris, where she is in town for a peace forum, according to CNN. Our democracy is in transition, said Ressa, a former CNN bureau chief and award-winning journalist. Ressa vowed to fight the charges from the Philippines Department of Justice for tax evasion, which many see as a thinly veiled attempt by President Rodrigo Duterte to muzzle the investigative news site. The mission of journalism has never been needed as much as it is now, and we'll continue doing these stories. In January, the Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission SEC temporarily revoked Rappler's registration on the basis that it had violated the country's constitution over foreign ownership rules. Fearless reporting' under fire Read More Rappler has been a consistent thorn in the side of the Duterte administration, closely documenting its so-called war on drugs, a widespread crackdown that has been condemned for encouraging thousands of extrajudicial killings.
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