The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for “their courageous fight for freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia.” Maria Ressa is the co-founder of investigative outlet Rappler, which has become one of the Philippines’ most widely read news sites despite being the frequent target of attacks by the government of Rodrigo Duterte. Dmitry Muratov is one of the founders and the editor-in-chief of independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta. Six of the newspaper’s reporters have been killed since its creation, including Anna Politkovskaya in 2006, a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Chechen War.