Philippines court allows Nobel laureate Maria Ressa to go to Norway

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MANILA: Philippine journalist Maria Ressa will be allowed to travel so she can accept her Nobel Peace Prize in person after a court gave her permission to leave the Southeast Asian country to visit Nor

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in person after a court gave her permission to leave the Southeast Asian country to visit Norway later this month.

The prize is the first Nobel Peace Prize for journalists since the German Carl von Ossietzky won it in 1935 for revealing his country's secret post-war rearmament programme. She is still waiting for the Court of Tax Appeals to rule on her travel application, but Lim said:"We are confident that it will be granted."The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided this year's award ceremony will be an in-person event taking place in Oslo City Hall.

Free on bail as she appeals against a six-year prison sentence handed down last year for a libel conviction, Ressa is facing five tax evasion charges and a corporate case with the regulator.

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