{"id":27558,"date":"2021-10-08T12:37:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T12:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peace.ax\/the-peace-institute-on-the-nobel-peace-prize-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-10-13T07:26:59","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T07:26:59","slug":"the-peace-institute-on-the-nobel-peace-prize-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peace.ax\/en\/the-peace-institute-on-the-nobel-peace-prize-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The Peace Institute on the Nobel Peace Prize 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Nobel Peace\u00a0Prize\u00a0was\u00a0awarded.\u00a0We\u00a0followed\u00a0the\u00a0award\u00a0ceremony\u00a0here\u00a0at the\u00a0Peace\u00a0Institute\u00a0and\u00a0were\u00a0delighted\u00a0when\u00a0the\u00a0winners\u00a0were\u00a0announced.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0winners\u00a0are\u00a0the journalists\u00a0Maria\u00a0Ressa\u00a0from the Philippines\u00a0and\u00a0Dmitrij\u00a0Muratov\u00a0from\u00a0Russia.\u00a0They\u00a0are\u00a0receiving\u00a0the\u00a0prize\u00a0for\u00a0\u2018\u2019their efforts to\u00a0\u00a0safeguard\u00a0freedom\u00a0of\u00a0expression,\u00a0which\u00a0is a\u00a0precondition\u00a0for\u00a0democracy\u00a0and lasting\u00a0peace.\u201d\u00a0Berit Reiss-Andersen, Chair of the Nobel Committee says also they want to highlight the importance of\u00a0 journalists&#8217; work and how dangerous it can be to exercise freedom of expression.<\/p>\n<p>Maria\u00a0Ressa\u00a0is the\u00a0CEO\u00a0of\u00a0\u00a0the web\u00a0magazine\u00a0Rappler\u00a0and\u00a0Dmitry\u00a0Muratov\u00a0is\u00a0the\u00a0editor-in-chief\u00a0of\u00a0Novaya\u00a0Gazeta. 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