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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 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
Philippine Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa and her online news outfit Rappler were on Wednesday acquitted of all four charges of tax evasion filed against her, an appellate tax court said. Speaking outside the court she said, "facts win, truth wins, justice wins," while struggling to hold back tears. SOUNDBITE
The head of Norway's Nobel Committee, Breit Reiss-Andersen, announces that the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize has gone to Belarusian human rights activist, Ales Bialiatski, Russian human rights organisation, Memorial, and Ukrainian human rights organisation, The Center for Civil Liberties (CCL). SOUNDBITE
Nobel Peace Prize laureates and champions of press freedom Maria Ressa and Dimitry Muratov greet a crowd from the balcony of the Grand Hotel in Oslo. IMAGES
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.