Nobel Peace Prize 2021: Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win Nobel Peace Prize 2021

 

Writers Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov find won the Nobel Harmony Prize for their "gutsy battle" to protect opportunity of articulation in the Philippines and Russia.

The Nobel Committee referred to the two as "representatives of all authors defending this position".

The winners of the prestigious award, valued at 10m Swedish crowns (£ 836,000; $ 1.1m), were declared at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo. They were selected from 329 applicants.

Other nominees for this year's award include climate change activist Greta Thunberg, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

The award is awarded to a person or organization that has "done more or less the best for brotherhood among nations".

Last year's winner was the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), which was awarded for its efforts to fight hunger and improve peace.

What do we think about these victors?

Maria Ressa is the co-founder of the Rappler news channel in 2012.

The network has 4.5 million followers on facebook, and is known for high-level reviews and surveys.

It is one of the Philippine news organizations that has been openly critical of President Rodrigo Durtete's policies.

Rappler has published the president's news about his brutal war on drugs as well as the issue of abuse, human rights abuses and corruption.

Ms. Resa herself has reported on the spread of government propaganda on social media.

Ms Ressa has faced charges that she says are politically motivated. Nonetheless, the public authority has demanded its authenticity.

Correspondent Ellen Tordesillas told the BBC last year that Ms Ressa was among those who opposed some of Durtete's policies.

Dmitry Muratov is the co-founder of co-Novaya in 1993 and has worked as its editor.

Novaya Gazeta is one of the few remaining newspapers in Russia that has been critical of the country's administration, especially President Vladmir Putin.

Published three times a week, it is a newspaper that has been investigating corruption and other evils of incumbent leaders and highlighting the plight of residents allegedly affected by the violence.

Six of her writers, including Anna Politkovskaya, have been killed for their writing activities, according to a committee to protect journalists.

The newspaper has also been threatened and harassed, including its reports of human rights abuses in the Chechnya region.