MANILA (AFP): Philippine Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa (pic) will fly to Oslo to collect the award in person, after a third court approved her application to attend Friday's ceremony.
Ressa, an outspoken critic of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, and Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov were named in October as the winners of this year's award for their efforts to "safeguard freedom of expression".
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