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Maria Ressa: There is so much at stake for us now

Liberal democracy did not deliver its promise but we should not be moving in the other direction towards fascism, the award-winning journalist and Rappler CEO, Maria Ressa, has said.

The Philippines was one of the first signatories for the UN Declaration of Human Rights, she told Ö÷²„“óŠć Hardtalkā€™s Stephen Sackur, but she now sees Filipinos say things she would have not thought possible.

ā€œFilipinos are saying ā€˜Itā€™s okay to kill.ā€™

ā€œFilipinos saying that democracy doesnā€™t work. Maybe it doesnā€™t, but I guess this is where I would like to see Filipinos weigh in,ā€ Ms Ressa said.

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