A Philippine court on Wednesday acquitted journalist and Nobel laureate Maria Ressa as well as Rappler Holdings Corporation, the company that owns the news site she co-founded in 2012, of tax evasion charges. The ruling represents Ressa’s latest victory against what press freedom advocates have branded as judicial harassment. The four tax evasion charges were…
Maria Ressa, Philippine Journalist and Nobel Laureate, Acquitted of Tax Evasion Charges