Media4Democracy<\/a> project which supports EU Delegations in the implementation of the EU Human Rights Guidelines on Freedom of Expression online and offline.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
When asked what motivates her to carry on resisting, Maria Ressa replied, \u201cI have no choice. The baton was passed on to me at a time when I could not drop it – and I have a fantastic team which knows what these times demand. I embrace my fear and know that what I, and other journalists do, will help determine the future of our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Ressa ended the discussion with a message to colleagues and audience members across the globe, \u201cThe UN system must hold the line, but it is a challenge to retain our humanity when the world is pushing violence and fear. News used to be delivered and received in a public square, but now we are alone, isolated and fearful.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the end of the film Maria Ressa quotes Martin Niemoller\u2019s poem:<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst, they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out. Because I was not a socialist.<\/p>\n
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out. Because I was not a trade unionist.<\/p>\n
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out. Because I was not a Jew.<\/p>\n
Then they came for me. And there was no one left to speak for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maria proposed an addition to the poem:<\/p>\n
\u201cThen they came for the journalists. \u00a0We don\u2019t know what happened after that\u201d.<\/p>\n
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