'This is really for all journalists around the world,' said the vocal critic of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte.
This handout photo taken and released by Rappler News on October 8, 2021 shows veteran Philippine journalist Maria Ressa posing during an online interview at her home in Manila, after receiving news of her winning the Nobel Peace Prize. - AFP
"This is really for all journalists around the world," Ressa, a vocal critic of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, told AFP in an interview. Since Duterte was swept to power in 2016, Ressa and Rappler have endured what media advocates say is a grinding series of criminal charges, investigations and online attacks.
"This 'us against them' was never the creation of the journalists, it was the creation of the people in power who wanted to use a type of leadership that divides society," Ressa said, describing the award"like a shot of adrenalin".Ressa has been a staunch critic of Duterte and his government's policies, including a drug war that rights groups estimate has killed tens of thousands of mostly poor men.
Other media outlets have fallen foul of Duterte, including the Philippine Daily Inquirer and broadcasting giant ABS-CBN, which lost its free-to-air licence last year.
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