The editor of “Novaïa Gazeta”, co-laureate of the price, has observed a moment of silence for the reporters killed in the practice of their profession.
Le Monde
At the Town Hall of Oslo, the Ceremony of the Nobel Peace Prize 2021, which was held on Friday, December 10, was an opportunity to take stock of the state of freedom to inform in the world. “Journalism in Russia crosses a dark period,” said Novaïa’s Chief Editor Gazeta Dmitry Mouratov, co-laureate of the price.
Kenaded for his investigations into human rights in Chechnya, his media saw six of his collaborators since the 1990s, including the famous journalist Anna Politkovskaya, murdered in 2006. “I want That journalists die old, “he wished, before making a moment of silence for the reporters killed in the practice of their profession.
In addition to the assassinations of which their colleagues have been the subject, a hundred journalists, media, human rights defenders and NGOs have been prevented from working after being classified as “foreign agents” by the Russian Ministry justice.
Infamant status, supposed to target those who receive “foreign funding” and lead a “political activity”, to which Mr. Murratov would probably escape – even the Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that the price was not a “Shield”. “I think that during the 30 years of existence of our newspaper, we have done so many positive things for the country that we declare” agents from abroad “would be harmful to the power of our country” and “would be some Stupid thing, “said Novaïa Gazeta’s Chief Editor at the France Presse Agency.
Social Networking Critique
His co-laureate, the Philippine Maria journalist has launched a virulent attack against American technological giants, guilty of her to leave flowing “a toxic mud” on social networks.
Co-founder of the information site report, the journalist caught the “American Internet companies” like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, without appointing them explicitly. “These American companies (…) are angry with the facts, angry with journalists. By nature, they divide us and radicalize us,” she said. Adding that their technology “has allowed the lie virus to infect each of us, drawing up against each other, bringing out our fears, our anger and our hatred, and preparing the ground for the rise of authoritarian leaders and dictators “.
At the controllers, a very critical site of President Philippine Rodrigo Duterte, Ms. Retrigo is the subject of seven legal proceedings in his country who could, according to her, argue a total of a hundred years in prison. Sentenced for defamation last year but on parole, she was forced to ask for four courts permission to go for her nobel.
Record of journalists imprisoned
As of 1 December, at least 1,636 journalists had been killed on the planet in 20 years, according to a report of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), of which 46 since the beginning of the year. On the other hand, with 293 reporters behind the bars, the number of journalists imprisoned in the world was also high, according to the Journalists’ Protection Committee (CPJ).
“Report information to the public can in itself prevent war,” said the President of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Beit Reiss-Andersen. “The role of the press is to lift the veil on the aggression and abuse of power, and thus contribute to peace”.
The Oslo ceremony also saw the world of the World Food Program (WFP), David Beasley, deliver the thank you for the Nobel awarded last year to the United Nations Humanitarian Agency. In 2020, the festivities had been canceled because of the pandemic.