Amal Clooney to take on Philippines chief legal counsel to defend Duterte critic accused of tax fraud
Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney will defend Philippines journalist Maria Ressa who faces a number of charges her legal team say are designed to muzzle press freedom.
British-Lebanese human rights lawyer Amal Clooney arrives at the premiere of"Catch-22" on May 13, 2019 in Rome. She will defend a prominent critic of the Philippines president.:"Legal hassles can take up 90 percent of my time; a day after our May midterm elections, I was arraigned for cyber libel in the morning and appeared for a case of securities fraud in the afternoon.
But Duterte's spokesperson and former legal counsel Salvador Panelo was condescending when asked about the prospect of Clooney's legal team defending Ressa.
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