Exclusive DW interview with Nobel-winning journalist Maria Ressa | DW News Asia

In an interview with DW, Maria Ressa spoke about the situation in her home country as well as in other places around the world. “Facts, are at the core of any democracy,“ Ressa told DW’s Biresh Banerjee, adding that “freedom of speech, freedom of expression is about being able to say what you think without fear of retribution.“ A critic of Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte, Ressa has repeatedly faced intimidation. When asked about her government’s reaction to the award, specifically presidential spokesman Harry Roque’s claim that the award was not a slap in the face to the Duterte administration because no one has ever been censored in the Philippines, she responded with a laugh.