Journalist Maria Ressa is the first Nobel laureate from the Philippines. - Reuters
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 30 (Reuters): The United Nations has urged the Philippines to allow Nobel Prize winning journalist Maria Ressa to travel to Norway next month to accept the award.
Ressa, the first Nobel laureate from the Philippines, shared the Peace Prize with Russian investigative journalist Dmitry Muratov, a move widely seen as an endorsement of free speech rights, which are under fire worldwide.
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