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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
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
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).
The Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme says it is an "emotional moment" after the organisation was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize for feeding millions of people from Yemen to North Korea, with the coronavirus pandemic pushing millions more into hunger. SOUNDBITE
The executive-director of the WFP, David Beasley, says he is 'speechless' and 'can't believe it' after winning the Nobel Peace Prize in a video published on Twitter. SOUNDBITE
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