Maria Ressa from the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia will share the $1.1m prize
Maria Ressa, editor and CEO of Rappler, waves to reporters after being convicted of cyber libel at a regional trial court on June 15 2020 in Manila, Philippines. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/EZRA ACAYAN
They are “receiving the Peace Prize for their courageous fight for freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia,” the Oslo-based Norwegian Nobel Committee said in a statement on Friday. “At the same time, they are representatives of all journalists who stand up for this ideal in a world in which democracy and freedom of the press face increasingly adverse conditions.”
Ressa has won wide international praise for investigations of alleged police abuses in President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drug efforts. She’s carried on despite what journalism advocates say is a campaign of official intimidation, including a tax evasion case and a claim by regulators that financial support that her outlet, Rappler, received violated a ban on foreign ownership of media.
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