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Philippines frees journalist on bail after global outcry over press freedom
February 15, 2019 11:00 am
MANILA, Feb 15: The head of a Philippine news website that has locked horns with President Rodrigo Duterte was freed on bail on Thursday, a day after her widely condemned arrest on libel charges that critics say is a government effort to bully journalists.
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