Sun.Star Cebu

JOSE RAMON VILLARIN, SJ,

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Ateneo de Manila University president, in a memorandum calling the university community to "make the truth come to light" and defend it in the wake of what it sees as yet another assault on press freedom following the arrest of Rappler's chief executive officer and journalist Maria Ressa.

In an atmosphere of fear and silence, we are obliged to speak when we see things which are not right, even if doing so can bring individual­s and institutio­ns to peril. Speaking (the) truth can be daunting but the greater imperative is to stand our ground against those who sow fear when the truth is spoken.

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