“We can congratulate Dmitry Muratov - he has consistently worked in accordance with his ideals,” Peskov said in a conference call with reporters. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov praised Muratov as a “talented and brave” person. The Nobel committee noted that since the launch of the newspaper, six of its journalists have been killed, among them Anna Politkovskaya, who covered Russia’s bloody conflict in Chechnya. “We will try to help the people who have been designated as agents, have faced persecution and have been forced out of the country.”Īccording to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 17 media workers were killed in the Philippines in the last decade and 23 in Russia.įormer Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev used some of his prize money from winning the Nobel in 1990 to help what would become Novaya Gazeta buy office equipment and computers. “We will use it to shore up Russian journalism that has faced repressions,” he said in comments carried by a Russian messaging app channel. Muratov said he would use his win to help independent journalists who have faced growing pressure from the authorities, including those whose organizations were declared “foreign agents” - a designation that threatens to bring more government scrutiny.
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“The newspaper’s fact-based journalism and professional integrity have made it an important source of information on censurable aspects of Russian society rarely mentioned by other media,” it added. Muratov was one of the founders in 1993 of the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, which the Nobel committee called “the most independent newspaper in Russia today, with a fundamentally critical attitude towards power.”
When you’re in a battle for facts, journalism is activism.” “This is going to be what our elections are going to be like next year. But the fact that it did also shows you how important the battles we face are, right?” she said. “I didn’t think that what we are going through would get that attention. She also pointed to social media giants like Facebook as an serious threat to democracy, saying “they actually prioritized the spread of lies laced with anger and hate over facts.” “This relentless campaign of harassment and intimidation against me and my fellow journalists in the Philippines is a stark example of a global trend that journalists and freedom of the press facing increasingly adverse conditions,” she told The Associated Press. Ressa said she hopes the award will bolster investigative journalism “that will hold power to account.” She was the first woman awarded a Nobel this year. The award-winning journalist was convicted last year of libel and sentenced to jail in a decision seen as a major blow to press global freedom. She and Rappler “have also documented how social media is being used to spread fake news, harass opponents and manipulate public discourse.” The Nobel committee noted that Ressa in 2012 co-founded Rappler, a news website that has focused critical attention on President Rodrigo Duterte “controversial, murderous anti-drug campaign” in the Philippines. “Without freedom of expression and freedom of the press, it will be difficult to successfully promote fraternity between nations, disarmament and a better world order to succeed in our time,” she said. “Free, independent and fact-based journalism serves to protect against abuse of power, lies and war propaganda,” said Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, explaining why the prize went to two journalists. MANILA, Philippines - Journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their fight for freedom of expression in countries where reporters have faced persistent attacks, harassment and even murder.
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