Glenda Gloria and Maria Ressa had founded Rappler in 2012 and have been accused of cyber libel, tax evasion, and violating a constitutional ban on foreign ownership in secure funding.
The award announcement reads, “As a journalist and the Rappler’s CEO, Ressa has shown herself to be a fearless defender of freedom of expression. Rappler has focused critical attention on the Duterte regime’s controversial, murderous anti-drug campaign. “
Maria Ressa uses freedom of expression to expose abuse of power, use of violence and growing authoritarianism in her native country, the Philippines: Nobel committee.
The Black Lives Matter movement has joined the Nobel race for changing conversation around equality and anti-racism through the world.
The Ethiopian Prime Minister came to power in April of 2018. He is a 42-year-old former intelligence officer. Since his election, he has constantly strived for peace.
Angela Muvumba Sellström, Researcher, Department of Peace and Conflict, Uppsala University, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, writes how Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad are striving to erase the stigma survivors of sexual violence face. For ordinary women and men, peace is vital – as essential as air itself. Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, the recipients […]
The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nadia Murad for her efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. She shares the award with Denis Mukwege. Berit Reiss-Andersen, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, announced the award at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo. The recipient […]
The teaser of ‘Gul Makai’, the film based on Pakistani activist and Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai’s life was released yesterday, on her birthday. July 12 is celebrated as Malala Day across the world. The movie showcases the activist’s life, from her upbringing in Swat Valley, Pakistan, to her international endeavours. Watch the teaser here:Â Gul Makai […]
There seems to be no end to the rising figures in child rape cases across the country. Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi said that the rise in the numbers rape and sexual abuse cases against children in India is a “national emergency”. This is considering the 100,000 cases which are still pending in the courts, reported Reuters. On […]
Beatrice Fihn, executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Ican), received the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the organisation. She accepted the prize at a ceremony in Oslo at which she gave a prescient speech about the danger of nuclear weapons. She said that the the deaths of millions may be one […]
