New Delhi: Journalist Maria resa And Dmitry Muratov, who faced the wrath of the leaders of the Philippines and Russia for exposing corruption and misgovernance, won Nobel Peace Prize Friday in support of free speech around the world is under fire.
Norwegian Nobel Committee chairman Berit Rees-Andersen told a news conference that the two were honored for “their courageous fight for freedom of expression” in their countries.
“At the same time, they are representative of all journalists who stand up for this ideal in a world where democracy and freedom of the press continue to face adversity,” he said. “Independent, independent and fact-based journalism serves to protect against abuse of power, lies and war propaganda.”
In 2012 Ressa co-founded Rappler, a news website that the committee noted had a significant focus on the president. Rodrigo Duterte“Controversial, Deadly Anti-Drug Campaign” in the Philippines.
She and the rapper have also “documented how social media is being used to spread fake news, harass opponents and manipulate public discourse”, it said.
Muratov was one of the founders of the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta in 1993, which the Nobel Committee called “the most independent newspaper in Russia today, with a radically critical approach to power”.
“The newspaper’s fact-based journalism and professional integrity have made it an important source of information on blasphemous aspects of Russian society that are rarely mentioned by other media,” noting that it had six journalists since its founding. were killed by
Resa, the first Filipino to win a peace prize and the first woman to be awarded the prize this year by the Nobel Committee, was convicted last year of defamation and jailed in a decision seen as a major setback to suppress global freedoms. was heard.
Currently out on bail, but facing seven active legal cases, 58-year-old Resa said she hopes the award will promote investigative journalism “that is held accountable”.
Muratov, 59, told reporters that he sees the award as a reward for Novaya Gazeta’s journalists and slain contributors, including Anna Politkovskaya, who covered Russia’s bloody conflict in Chechnya.
“It is a recognition of the memory of our fallen allies,” he said.
“Since the Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded posthumously, they came up with it so that Anya could take it, but with other hands,” said Muratov, referring to Politkovskaya.
“Igor Domnikov, Yuri Shekochikhin, Anna Politkovskaya, Stas Markelov, Anastasia Baburova, Natasha Estemirova – these are the people who won the Nobel Prize today, ”said Muratov, referring to the names of the six whose pictures hang in the Moscow headquarters of the newspaper. He also said that he was Alexei Navalny. Giving award to. , President Vladimir PutinHardline domestic critics of the U.S., who was jailed this year for parole violations, said he was crushed to thwart his political ambitions.
In an interview with Reuters in Manila, Resa called the award “a global recognition of the journalist’s role in repairing our broken world.”
Resa, a 35-year-old veteran journalist, said, “Being a journalist has never been as difficult as it is today.” .
“You don’t really know who you are until you’re forced to fight for it.”
This is the first Nobel Peace Prize for journalists since the German Karl von Ossietzky won it in 1935 for revealing his country’s secret post-war re-arming program.
Muratov is the first Russian to win the Peace Prize since Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1990. Gorbachev himself has long been associated with Muratov’s newspaper, contributing some of his Nobel Prize money to help set it up in the early post-Soviet days. Expected new freedom. He congratulated Muratov on Friday, calling him “a wonderful, brave and honest journalist and my friend.”
Ressa was one of several journalists named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year in 2018 for fighting media intimidation, and her legal battles have raised international concern about media harassment in the Philippines, a country that was once considered one of the largest in Asia. The press was seen as a standard bearer for freedom. .
Russian journalists have faced an increasingly difficult environment in recent years, forcing many to register as agents of foreign states, a position that has been subject to official paperwork and public contempt. invites.
“We will take advantage of this award in the interest of Russian journalism, which (the authorities) are now trying to suppress,” Muratov told Podom, a journalism website. “We will try to help those who have been identified as agents, who are now being treated like dirt and deported from the country.”
Rees-Andersen said the Nobel committee intended the prize to send a message about the importance of rigorous journalism, at a time when technology has made it easier than ever to spread lies.
“We find that people are manipulated by the press, and … fact-based, high-quality journalism is actually more and more restricted,” she told Reuters.
It was also a way for journalists to shed light on difficult situations, particularly those under leadership in Russia and the Philippines, he said.
“I have insight into the minds of neither Duterte nor Putin. But what they will find is that the attention is directed towards their nations, and where they must defend the current position, and I am curious where they How would you respond,” Rees-Anderson told Reuters.
The Kremlin congratulated Muratov.
“He constantly acts according to his ideals, he is devoted to them, he is talented, he is brave,” said spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
The Nobel Peace Prize will be presented on December 10, the death anniversary of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, who established the prizes in his 1895 will.
Norwegian Nobel Committee chairman Berit Rees-Andersen told a news conference that the two were honored for “their courageous fight for freedom of expression” in their countries.
“At the same time, they are representative of all journalists who stand up for this ideal in a world where democracy and freedom of the press continue to face adversity,” he said. “Independent, independent and fact-based journalism serves to protect against abuse of power, lies and war propaganda.”
In 2012 Ressa co-founded Rappler, a news website that the committee noted had a significant focus on the president. Rodrigo Duterte“Controversial, Deadly Anti-Drug Campaign” in the Philippines.
She and the rapper have also “documented how social media is being used to spread fake news, harass opponents and manipulate public discourse”, it said.
Muratov was one of the founders of the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta in 1993, which the Nobel Committee called “the most independent newspaper in Russia today, with a radically critical approach to power”.
“The newspaper’s fact-based journalism and professional integrity have made it an important source of information on blasphemous aspects of Russian society that are rarely mentioned by other media,” noting that it had six journalists since its founding. were killed by
Resa, the first Filipino to win a peace prize and the first woman to be awarded the prize this year by the Nobel Committee, was convicted last year of defamation and jailed in a decision seen as a major setback to suppress global freedoms. was heard.
Currently out on bail, but facing seven active legal cases, 58-year-old Resa said she hopes the award will promote investigative journalism “that is held accountable”.
Muratov, 59, told reporters that he sees the award as a reward for Novaya Gazeta’s journalists and slain contributors, including Anna Politkovskaya, who covered Russia’s bloody conflict in Chechnya.
“It is a recognition of the memory of our fallen allies,” he said.
“Since the Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded posthumously, they came up with it so that Anya could take it, but with other hands,” said Muratov, referring to Politkovskaya.
“Igor Domnikov, Yuri Shekochikhin, Anna Politkovskaya, Stas Markelov, Anastasia Baburova, Natasha Estemirova – these are the people who won the Nobel Prize today, ”said Muratov, referring to the names of the six whose pictures hang in the Moscow headquarters of the newspaper. He also said that he was Alexei Navalny. Giving award to. , President Vladimir PutinHardline domestic critics of the U.S., who was jailed this year for parole violations, said he was crushed to thwart his political ambitions.
In an interview with Reuters in Manila, Resa called the award “a global recognition of the journalist’s role in repairing our broken world.”
Resa, a 35-year-old veteran journalist, said, “Being a journalist has never been as difficult as it is today.” .
“You don’t really know who you are until you’re forced to fight for it.”
This is the first Nobel Peace Prize for journalists since the German Karl von Ossietzky won it in 1935 for revealing his country’s secret post-war re-arming program.
Muratov is the first Russian to win the Peace Prize since Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1990. Gorbachev himself has long been associated with Muratov’s newspaper, contributing some of his Nobel Prize money to help set it up in the early post-Soviet days. Expected new freedom. He congratulated Muratov on Friday, calling him “a wonderful, brave and honest journalist and my friend.”
Ressa was one of several journalists named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year in 2018 for fighting media intimidation, and her legal battles have raised international concern about media harassment in the Philippines, a country that was once considered one of the largest in Asia. The press was seen as a standard bearer for freedom. .
Russian journalists have faced an increasingly difficult environment in recent years, forcing many to register as agents of foreign states, a position that has been subject to official paperwork and public contempt. invites.
“We will take advantage of this award in the interest of Russian journalism, which (the authorities) are now trying to suppress,” Muratov told Podom, a journalism website. “We will try to help those who have been identified as agents, who are now being treated like dirt and deported from the country.”
Rees-Andersen said the Nobel committee intended the prize to send a message about the importance of rigorous journalism, at a time when technology has made it easier than ever to spread lies.
“We find that people are manipulated by the press, and … fact-based, high-quality journalism is actually more and more restricted,” she told Reuters.
It was also a way for journalists to shed light on difficult situations, particularly those under leadership in Russia and the Philippines, he said.
“I have insight into the minds of neither Duterte nor Putin. But what they will find is that the attention is directed towards their nations, and where they must defend the current position, and I am curious where they How would you respond,” Rees-Anderson told Reuters.
The Kremlin congratulated Muratov.
“He constantly acts according to his ideals, he is devoted to them, he is talented, he is brave,” said spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
The Nobel Peace Prize will be presented on December 10, the death anniversary of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, who established the prizes in his 1895 will.
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