Philippine Nobel prize winner Maria Ressa acquitted of tax charges

The dropping of charges against Ressa and Rappler, the news website she founded, is the latest legal victory for the Nobel laureate

Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa has been acquitted of her final tax evasion charge in the latest legal victory for the veteran journalist as she battles to stay out of prison over cases that she has previously described as part of a pattern of harassment.

The 59-year-old, who won a Nobel peace prize in 2021, has spent a number of years fighting multiple charges that were filed during then president Rodrigo Duterte's administration.