Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa Departs To Receive Prize

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - DECEMBER 07: Philippine journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa speaks to reporters upon arriving at Ninoy Aquino International Airport for her flight to Oslo on December 07, 2021 in Manila, Philippines. Ressa will fly to Oslo to collect the award personally, after three courts allowed her to attend the awarding ceremony on December 10. An outspoken critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, she is facing a string of libel, tax, and securities charges, feared widely as moves by the government to intimidate critics and to stifle press freedom in the country. Ressa and Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov were named in October as the winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to "safeguard freedom of expression". (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)