‘Important signal’: World leaders praise journalists Ressa, Muratov for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

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Former US president Barack Obama called the award for Ressa and Muratov 'a tribute to their extraordinary courage and the enduring value of fact-based journalism and freedom of expression, which is under threat in far too many places today.' NobelPrize

and Muratov, the Nobel Prize committee said, were awarded “for their courageous fight for freedom of expression” in the Philippines and Russia and for their “efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace."

On Friday night, October 8, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres congratulated Ressa and Muratov as he underscored that this year’s recognition is a reminder that “no society can be free without journalists who can investigate wrongdoing and speak truth to power.

 

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Congratulations, mariaressa I cannot stop greeting you in every post I see coz you deserve it for holdingtheline with Rappler and along with other journalists who stood by your cause. Mabuhay ka! 🇵🇭

My congratulations!

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DrTonyLeachon Obama's tribute to Ressa was a clapback to Duterte who cursed him. Recall that Duterte also cussed the Pope and insulted God.

Obama, Mandela, Carter also faced opposition to their Nobel awards, guess who and what backgrounds these critics have in common? Congratulations, Maria Ressa!

🤣 horayyy! freedom of expression now interpreted as 'FAKE NEWS' ... two US president exhibiting the clear manifestation and intervention to the Phil. internal political affairs.... why? odi BBM, 17th Phil. president

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bakit mga magkakapartido sa pulitika? meron bang dapat sabihin si maria ressa tungkol dito? she has the freedom to say it. SayItMaria 🤣🤣🤣

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