U2 congratulates Maria Ressa for Nobel Prize win

Romar Fernando

October 14, 2021

• In the middle of a war on truth, thankful to see the Nobel committee lift up the truth tellers… journalists who are guarding our democracies, not with weapons, but with their witness and their words… pic.twitter.com/obTIpxqZWK

  — U2 (@U2) October 9, 2021

   

  The Irish rock band U2 has extended their congratulations to Rappler CEO Maria Ressa for winning the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize for 2021, October 10, Sunday.

  On their Twitter account, U2 took the chance to congratulate Ressa and Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov on their recent win on the reputable Norwegian Nobel award. “In the middle of a war on truth, thankful to see the Nobel Committee lift up the truth tellers… journalists who are guarding our democracies, not with weapons, but with their witness and their words,” U2 wrote.

  “Congratulations Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov on winning the Nobel Peace Prize and respect to journalists everywhere who in hostile times are standing firm to, as Maria Ressa said yesterday, ‘win the battle for truth, the battle for facts: we hold the line,’” the band added.

  On October 8, Friday, The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that the two journalists had won the Nobel for their work in protecting press freedom and freedom of expression. With this, Maria Ressa becomes the first Filipina to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

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