カテゴリー: Nobel peace prize
Pakistani government had credited US president with ‘pivotal leadership’ in its ceasefire negotiations with IndiaMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump’s intervention into the Iran-Israel war, and brokering then announcing a ceasefire, has drawn…
Islamabad says US president helped resolve India conflict but critic says ‘Israel’s sugar daddy in Gaza’ not candidate for any prizePakistan has said it will recommend Donald Trump for the Nobel peace prize for his work in helping to resolve the recent…
Nihon Hidakanyo receives accolade for campaign to rid world of nuclear weapons by ‘describing the indescribable’Nobel peace prize 2024 – latest updatesSurvivors of the atomic bombings of Japan almost eight decades ago have won the Nobel peace prize for…
Despite talk of a Nobel peace prize, Japan’s leader is facing a backlash among voters as key byelection approachesIn the past fortnight Fumio Kishida has been mentioned as a possible recipient of the Nobel peace prize and praised for a speech to congre…
Prizewinner has earned the enmity of the prime minister, who accused him of ‘sucking blood’ from poor peopleNobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus has been convicted of violating Bangladesh’s labour laws in a case decried by his supporters as politically …
Veteran journalist and Philippines’ first Nobel peace prize winner faces lengthy jail sentenceThe Filipino Nobel peace prize winner Maria Ressa has lost her appeal against a conviction for cyber libel, her news website, Rappler, has said, in the latest…
Filipina and Russian attend Oslo ceremony despite legal cases filed against Ressa and are first journalists to win since 1935The journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov received the Nobel peace prize on Friday at a ceremony that Ressa was almost blo…
Next week, Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov receive their Nobel peace prizes. In a rare interview, Muratov says he fears the world is sliding towards fascismThe last time a journalist won a Nobel prize was 1935. The journalist who won it – Carl von Ossie…
Journalist permitted to receive peace prize in person after judge eases travel restrictionsThe Philippine journalist Maria Ressa will be allowed to travel overseas so she can accept her Nobel peace prize in person after a court gave her permission to l…
The award has put a spotlight on the struggle of journalists and activists fighting President Rodrigo Duterte’s attacks on press freedomThe news that journalist Maria Ressa has been awarded the Nobel peace prize has been greeted with joy by defenders o…
Press groups and rights activists hail peace prize won by vocal critic of Philippine president Rodrigo DuterteVeteran Philippine journalist Maria Ressa has said her Nobel peace prize was for “all journalists around the world” as she vowed to continue h…
Maria Ressa, the journalist and founder of the Philippine news organisation Rappler, said she was ‘speechless’ after learning of her Nobel peace prize win while participating in a panel discussion on journalism in south-east Asia.Ressa could be seen an…
Maria Ressa, the journalist and founder of the Philippine news organisation Rappler, said ‘we are fighting for facts’ after she was announced the joint-winner of the 2021 Nobel peace prize with the Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov. ‘This shows that th…
Bipartisan nomination praises protesters’ ‘bravery and determination that have inspired the world’ US lawmakers have nominated Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement for the Nobel peace prize, calling the campaigners a global inspiration in the face of a c…