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The Nobel Committee in Oslo announces the recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 as Filipino-American journalist Maria Ressa and Russian journalist and newspaper editor Dmitry Muratov. SOUNDBITE
Taguig City, Oct 10 (EFE/EPA).- Filipino-American journalist and author Maria Ressa, co-recipient of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, said here Saturday that the award is an acknowledgment of the increased dangers facing members of the media worldwide and will help instill in them the courage to keep going and hold the powerful to account.In bestowing that honor Friday on the 58-year-old Ressa and Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov, the Norwegian Nobel Committee hailed their "efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace." (Camera: MARK CRISTINO).FOOTGAE SHOT ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 9, 2021, SHOWS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE MARIA RESSA, CEO AND EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF ONLINE NEWS SITE RAPPLER, DURING AN INTERVIEW AT A RESTAURANT IN TAGUIG CITY, MANILA, PHILIPPINES.SOUND BITES: MARIA RESSA (IN ENGLISH).
Moscow, Oct 8 (EFE / EPA) .- Russian journalist Dmitri Muratov, awarded Friday with the Nobel Peace Prize 2021, assured that the credit for the prize awarded by the Norwegian Committee goes to all the journalists who died to defend freedom of expression in his country.(Camera: MAXIM SHIPENKOV) EXTERIORS OF THE OFFICES OF NEWSPAPER NOVAYA GAZETA, WHERE RUSSIAN JOURNALIST DMITRI MURATOV SPOKE TO THE MEDIA.
The Nobel Peace Prize is a 'call to action' to end hunger around the world, World Food Program executive director David Beasly tells journalists on a field trip in Niger after the Norwegion Nobel Committee chose the UN body as this year's recipient. SOUNDBITE
Manila (Philippines), Oct 12 (EFE) .- (Camera: Eric San Juan) “We live in a time when lies kill and the very platforms that deliver the news are biased against facts and they are biased against journalism and journalists,” said Nobel Peace Prize winner, Maria Ressa, in an interview with Efe. FOOTAGE AND SOUNDBITES FROM THE INTERVIEW WITH THE PHILIPPINE JOURNALIST MARIA RESSA, AWARDED WITH THE NOBEL PRIZE OF PEACE 2021.
Women's rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi's Nobel peace prize win pays tribute to the courage of Iranian women in the face of reprisals and harrassment, the United Nations says. The award "really highlights the courage and determination of the women of Iran and how they are an inspiration to the world", UN human rights office spokeswoman Elizabeth Throssell tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen, says they "hope" Iran would release jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi so she could attend the prize ceremony in December. "If the Iranian authorities make the right decision, they will release her," she tells a press conference after announcing Mohammadi was this year's prize winner. SOUNDBITE
The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to imprisoned Iranian women's rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi, "for her fight against the opression of women in Iran", and "freedom for all" announces the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo. IMAGES