
Philippines Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and her news site Rappler have been acquitted of tax fraud by a trial court.
Ressa and Rappler have been embroiled in legal battles ever since the news website’s credentials were revoked in 2018. Rappler is one of the few news platforms in the Philippines that was critical of president Rodrigo Duterte, whose tenure ended last year. She had been arrested and released on bail in December 2018, and again in February 2019.