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09/10/21 12:00 PM IST

Journalists from Philippines, Russia win Peace Nobel

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Two crusading journalists in the Philippines and Russia have won the Nobel Peace Prize this year.

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  • The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised Maria Ressa, co-founder of the digital news site Rappler, and Dmitry Muratov, the longtime editor of Novaya Gazeta, a Russian independent newspaper.
  • The two were awarded “for their courageous fight for freedom of expression” in their countries, Chairwoman Berit Reiss-Andersen of the Norwegian Nobel Committee told a news conference.
  • The prize is the first Nobel Peace Prize for journalists since the German Carl von Ossietzky won it in 1935 for revealing his country’s secret post-war rearmament programme.
  • Muratov, 59, is the first Russian to win the peace prize since Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1990.
  • Ressa, 58, is the first winner of a Nobel prize in any field from the Philippines.
  • The award will give both journalists greater international visibility and may inspire a new generation of journalists, said Dan Smith, director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
Source:The Hindu

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