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Filipino journalist Ressa pleads not guilty to tax evasion

by Associated Press
| July 22, 2020 12:03 AM

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Award-winning Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, who was last month convicted of libel in what was widely criticized as an attack on press freedom, on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to tax evasion, one of several other cases she and her online news site are facing.

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