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Nobel Peace Prize

Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa, right, stands in front of reporters as she arrives at the Court of Tax Appeals in Metro Manila, Philippines

Nobel Peace Prize is ‘a testament to how truth prevails,’ Rappler journalist says

Free speech

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has given the Nobel Peace Prize to journalists for the first time since 1935. Sofia Tomacruz, who works at Rappler with one of this year’s two winners, Maria Ressa, joined The World’s host Marco Werman to discuss the significance of the announcement.

A combo of file images of Novaya Gazeta editor Dmitry Muratov, left, and of Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa, who were awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov awarded Nobel Peace Prize

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Kofi Annan

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Beatrice Fihn (right), executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) and Daniel Hogsta, coordinator, celebrate after winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to ICAN, a group working for nuclear disarmament

Conflict
Syrians walk at the Oncupinar crossing on the border with Syria in the southeastern city of Kilis, Turkey on Feb. 10.

One Turkish town has done so much for Syrian refugees it’s up for the Nobel Peace Prize

Justice
Kailash Satyarthi

‘If they cannot save the girls, they are not going to save the future’

Development

Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi says it’s responsibility of the entire society to help girls and women — the government, NGOs, teachers, village leaders, so-called caste leaders or community leaders and religious leaders.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai flashes the peace sign from the balcony of the Grand Hotel in Oslo on December 10, 2014.

Malala’s supposed attackers are now in jail, but many say their trial was a fig leaf

Justice

A Pakistani military court has sentenced 10 men to long prison terms for their involvement in the 2012 attack against Malala Yousafzai. But there’s no word on the fate of the chief suspect, and that has some Pakistanis asking if justice has really been served.

Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 for advocating girls' rights to education, and Kailash Satyarthi won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

Meet the Nobel Peace Prize winner you don’t know

Global Politics

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on Friday to 17-year-old Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, the now-famous advocate for education, but it wasn’t her prize alone. Few people know of Kailash Satyarthis, the Indian anti-child labor activist who shared the award with her.

The World

China and others boycott Nobel Peace Prize ceremony

Arts, Culture & Media

18 countries have followed China’s lead in refusing to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony; what are their motivations? And how is all of this going over with the Nobel Prize committee?

Students at COSAT.

These South African girls are inspired by Malala, even without a Nobel Prize

Development & Education

High school girls in South Africa know of Malala Yousafzai, the 16-year-old advocate of girl’s education in Pakistan, and find her inspiring.

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