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Coverage dated January 17, 2023

Nobel winner Maria Ressa and her online news outlet are cleared of tax evasion

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The Nobel Peace Prize winner and her news company were cleared of tax evasion charges she said were among many legal cases used by ex-Philippine President Duterte to try to muzzle critical reporting.

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  1. Delaware Public Media

    Nobel winner Maria Ressa and her online news outlet are cleared of tax evasion (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    The Nobel Peace Prize winner and her news company were cleared of tax evasion charges she said were among many legal cases used by ex-Philippine President Duterte to try to muzzle critical reporting.

  2. France 24

    Philippine Nobel laureate Ressa cleared of tax evasion, calls verdict win for justice (opens France 24)

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    Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and her news site Rappler were acquitted by a court of tax evasion charges on Wednesday, a judge said, handing Ressa a victory in a case the veteran journalist has…

  3. WFMZ Allentown

    Nobel winner Maria Ressa, news outlet cleared of tax evasion (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa and her news company have been cleared of tax evasion charges she said were among legal cases used by former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte

  4. Bloomberg

    Philippine Court Acquits Nobel Laureate Ressa of Tax Evasion (opens Bloomberg)

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    A Philippine court acquitted Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and her media company Rappler of tax evasion charges filed during the Rodrigo Duterte administration, a move that may ease concerns over media freedom in one of Asia’s oldest democracies.

  5. Digital Journal

    Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa acquitted of tax evasion (opens Digital Journal)

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    Philippine Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa and her online media company Rappler were on Wednesday acquitted of all four charges of tax evasion filed

  6. The Guardian

    ‘Truth wins’: Maria Ressa, Philippine Nobel prize winner, acquitted of tax evasion charges (opens The Guardian)

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    Founder of news outlet Rappler says charges were politically motivated and that this was a win ‘for every Filipino who has ever been unjustly accused’

  7. NBC News

    Journalist Maria Ressa is cleared of tax evasion by Philippine court (opens NBC News)

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    The Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who runs the news site Rappler, hailed the verdict as a victory for justice and the truth.

  8. Local News 8

    Nobel laureate Maria Ressa cleared by Philippine court of tax evasion (opens Local News 8)

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    By Heather Chen, Kathleen Magramo and Angus Watson, CNN A Philippine court on Wednesday acquitted Nobel laureate Maria Ressa of tax evasion, ending a raft of legal hearings against the veteran Filipino-American journalist that she said were “politically motivated.

  9. Washington Post

    Nobel laureate Maria Ressa acquitted of tax charges in the Philippines (opens Washington Post)

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    The charges were filed against the journalist and her Rappler news site by the administration of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.

  10. The Diplomat

    Philippine Court Clears Nobel Winner Maria Ressa of Tax Evasion (opens The Diplomat)

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    The four charges were filed against Ressa and her news site Rappler by President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration in 2018.

  11. CBS News

    Maria Ressa, Nobel winning Philippines journalist, heralds victory for "truth" as she's acquitted of tax evasion (opens CBS News)

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    "Today, facts win" declared a defiant Ressa, who still faces other charges in a long-running legal battle with the government she calls "a brazen abuse of power."

  12. Shore News Network

    Nobel laureate Ressa cleared in Philippine tax case, cheers win for justice (opens Shore News Network)

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    By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and her news site Rappler were acquitted by a court of tax evasion charges on

  13. Los Angeles Times

    Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa and her news outlet are cleared of tax evasion (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Journalist Maria Ressa and her news outlet are cleared of tax evasion charges that critics said were an attempt to silence critical reporting.

  14. PBS NewsHour

    Nobel winner, journalist Maria Ressa cleared of tax evasion charges (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa and her news company have been cleared of tax evasion charges she said were among legal cases used by former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to try to muzzle critical reporting.

  15. Al Jazeera

    ‘Truth wins’: Maria Ressa acquitted of tax evasion (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Appellate tax court clears Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa of all four charges of tax evasion filed against her.

  16. Voice of America

    Philippine Journalist Maria Ressa Acquitted of Tax Evasion (opens Voice of America)

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    Nobel Peace laureate facing numerous charges she said were launched by former President Rodrigo Duterte to stifle criticism of his deadly anti-drug crackdown

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