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JUST IN: Maria Ressa And Dmitry Muratov Win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

JUST IN: Maria Ressa And Dmitry Muratov Win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
Journalists Maria Ressa (Philippines) and Dmitry Muratov (Russia), have won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace”.

Gatekeepers News reports that the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo, Norway made the announcement on Friday.

The duo who were chosen out of 329 candidates, won 10 million Swedish krona (£836,000; $1.1m) and a gold medal.

Ressa, who co-founded the news site Rappler, was commended for using freedom of expression to “expose abuse of power, use of violence and growing authoritarianism in her native country, the Philippines”.

In a live broadcast by Rappler, Ressa said she was “in shock”.

The committee said Muratov, who co-founded the independent newspaper Novaja Gazeta and had been its editor-in-chief for 24 years, had for decades defended freedom of speech in Russia under increasingly challenging conditions.

In his reaction, Muratov said: “I am laughing. I didn’t expect it at all. It’s madness over here right now. I saw a call from Norway, but I thought it was some unwanted call.”

“Here’s what I will say: we will continue to represent Russian journalism, which is now being suppressed. That’s all. We will try to help people who are now labelled as ‘foreign agents’, who are being attacked and expelled from the country,” he told the Telegram news channel Podyom.

Gatekeepers News reports that the World Food Programme won last year’s prize for its efforts to reduce hunger and food insecurity around the world.

 

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