Two journalists from the Philippines and Russia, who won the Nobel Peace Prize this year, held a press conference before the award ceremony and expressed a sense of crisis that the country would head for dictatorship if the freedom of the press and democracy were lost. He showed his determination to fight the oppression of speech by the administration.
Maria Ressa, the representative of the Philippine Internet media "Rappler", and Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of the Russian newspaper "Nobaya Gazeta", are in front of the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo, the capital of Norway, on the 9th. We attended a press conference jointly.
In this, Mr. Lessa mentioned that a reporter who continued to criticize the Duterte administration was killed on the 8th, "The freedom of the press is threatened. I hope that this award will lead to the safety of journalists." Said.
He expressed a sense of crisis that false information and information manipulation were widespread all over the world and the foundation of democracy was shaking, and he said, "It is more important than ever to continue reporting what should be done." He called for independent media to work together to fight for freedom of speech.
"If people don't believe in democracy, the nations that turn their backs on democracy will eventually create dictators and go to war," Muratov said, emphasizing the importance of independent media. ..
The two will attend the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony on the 10th, the night of the 10th of Japan time, and will be awarded medals.