Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to founder of anti-Putin newspaper Novaya Gazeta Dmitry Muratov
Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to founder of anti-Putin newspaper Novaya Gazeta and Filipino journalist who took on Duterte in swipe at dictators
Russian Dmitry Muratov given the award for founding an anti-Putin newspaperNovaya Gazeta has been critical of Putin, the Kremlin since it was created in 1993Filipino journalist Maria Ressa received the award for her criticism of Duterte
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The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the founder of anti-Putin newspaper Novaya Gazeta and a Filipino journalist who took on Duterte in a swipe at dictators.
Russian Dmitry Muratov and Filipino Maria Ressa were awarded the prize on Friday, honouring the right to free speech which the prize-giving committee described as under threat around the globe.
The decision to award Muratov the coveted prize has been seen as a swipe at Russian President Vladimir Putin who has cracked down on press freedoms and opposition in recent months.
Muratov’s independent newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, has been critical of the Russian strongman and his predecessors in the Kremlin since it was established in 1993.
Russian Dmitry Muratov was given the award for founding the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta which has been critical of Putin and his predecessors in the Kremlin since it was established in 1993
The decision to award Muratov the coveted prize has been seen as a swipe at Russian President Vladimir Putin who has cracked down on press freedoms and opposition in recent months
Meanwhile Philippines journalist Maria Ressa was awarded the prize for starting investigative news website Rappler which examines corruption and has exposed President Rodrigo Duterte’s violent war on drugs
The pair were given the award ‘for their courageous fight for freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia,’ Chairwoman Berit Reiss-Andersen of the Norwegian Nobel Committee told a news conference.
‘At the same time, they are representatives of all journalists who stand up for this ideal in a world in which democracy and freedom of the press face increasingly adverse conditions,’ she added.
The prize is the first for journalists since the German Carl von Ossietzky won it in 1935 for revealing his country’s secret post-war rearmament programme.
‘Free, independent and fact-based journalism serves to protect against abuse of power, lies and war propaganda,’ Reiss-Andersen said.
The Nobel Peace Prize will be presented on December 10, the anniversary of the death of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, who founded the awards in his 1895 will.
Philippines journalist Maria Ressa was also awarded the prize for starting investigative news website Rappler which examines corruption
Journalist Maria Ressa’s work has exposed President Rodrigo Duterte’s (pictured) violent war on drugs
