Islamabad – October 8 (Online): Philippine and Russian journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov have won Noble Peace Prize for their ‘courageous efforts for press freedom in their native countries.
According to international media, the committee called the pair “representatives of all journalists who stand up for this ideal”.
The winners of the prestigious prize, worth 10m Swedish krona (£836,000; $1.1m), were announced at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo.
They were chosen out of 329 candidates.
Ms 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”.
The committee said Mr Muratov, who co-founded the independent newspaper Novaja Gazeta and had been its editor-in-chief for 24 years, had for decades defended fr
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