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Nobel Peace Prize: Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov share award

BBC News

October 8, 2021

Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov have won the Nobel Peace Prize for their fights to defend freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia.

The Nobel committee called the pair “representatives of all journalists who stand up for this ideal”.

They are known for investigations that have angered their countries’ rulers, and have faced significant threats.

Both spoke in defence of freedom of the press following their win.