# Maria Ressa

Sourced causal chain, facts and drivers.

## Dated facts

- 2023: Court acquits Maria Ressa and Rappler of tax evasion. https://factrail.ai/facts/ressa-acquitted-tax-evasion-2023-01-18. Sources: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/12/nobel-laureate-maria-ressa-acquitted-in-philippines-tax-evasion-case, https://ijnet.org/en/story/4-down-3-go-cataloging-maria-ressa%E2%80%99s-legal-battles-early-2023.
- 2021: Maria Ressa awarded Nobel Peace Prize. https://factrail.ai/facts/ressa-nobel-peace-prize-2021-10-08. Sources: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2021/press-release/, https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/10/harvard-shorenstein-fellow-maria-ressa-wins-nobel, https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2021/ressa/facts/.
- 2020: Maria Ressa convicted of cyber libel in Manila. https://factrail.ai/facts/ressa-convicted-cyber-libel-2020-06-15. Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/15/maria-ressa-rappler-editor-found-guilty-of-cyber-libel-charges-in-philippines, https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/06/philippines-quash-conviction-of-rappler-ressa-santos/.

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/people/maria-ressa