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The Documentary: Her Story Made History: Journalist Maria Ressa

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Chief Executive Officer of Rappler Maria Ressa

27/08/2019 GMT

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Her Story Made History

BBC World Service - The Documentary, Her Story Made History, Journalist Maria Ressa

Filipina-American journalist and author Maria Ressa is one of a few combating fake news

Filipina-American journalist and author Maria Ressa is one of a few combating fake news.

Maria Ressa, the Filipina-American journalist and author was included in Time's Person of the Year 2018 as one of a collection of journalists from around the world combating fake news. Earlier this year she was arrested for "cyber libel" amid accusations of corporate tax evasion. As an outspoken critic of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, her arrest was seen by the international community as a politically motivated act by the government.

(Photo:Chief Executive Officer of Rappler Maria Ressa. Credit: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

The Documentary: Her Story Made History

Lyse Doucet talks to a series of remarkable women from across the globe about the relationship between women and democracy.

One hundred years on from the year in which the first British women won the right to vote, Lyse Doucet talks to a series of remarkable women from across the globe about the relationship between women and democracy.

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