Nobel winner Maria?Ressa?acquitted of tax evasion though she faces 2 more legal

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa was acquitted of a final tax evasion charge Tuesday though she still faces two remaining legal cases she believes the former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte used to muzzle her critical reporting.
Ressa and her online news organization Rappler had faced five tax evasion charges but a court acquitted her of four of the charges in January.
A different court heard the fifth charge and acquitted her Tuesday.
She had said the charges against her were politically motivated as Rappler was critical of Duterte’s brutal crackdown on illegal drugs that left thousands of mostly petty drug suspects dead. The International Criminal Court is investigating the crackdown as a possible crime against humanity.