Journalists Maria Ressa, Dmitry Muratov Receive Nobel Peace prize

Two journalists, Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, received the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, the Guardian reported.

Ressa worked as a chief executive and co-founder of an online news platform called Rappler, and she was awarded for shedding light on the incidents of abuse and authoritarianism in the reign of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has charge that may reach a 100-year-sentence.

Muratov, who is the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, defended the freedom of speech in the Russian Novaya Gazeta.

The chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee said that both journalists were "participants in a war where the written word is their weapon, where truth is their goal, and every exposure of the misuse of power is a victory."

She also added, "By giving this to journalists today, the Nobel committee is signaling a similar historical moment, another existential point for democracy."

Ressa and Muratov are the first journalists to win the prize since 1935; the former is the first one from the Philippines to win the Nobel Prize.