{"id":6736,"date":"2023-09-02T22:02:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T17:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/?p=6736"},"modified":"2023-09-02T22:02:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T17:02:11","slug":"nobel-committee-says-russia-trying-to-silence-peace-laureate-muratov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/asia\/nobel-committee-says-russia-trying-to-silence-peace-laureate-muratov\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobel committee says Russia ‘trying to silence’ peace laureate Muratov"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russia is trying “to silence” the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov by branding the journalist a foreign agent, the body in charge of the prestigious award said on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Dmitry Muratov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize … for his efforts to promote freedom of speech and freedom of information and independent journalism,” Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It is sad that Russian authorities are now trying to silence him. The accusations against him are politically motivated,” she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reiss-Andersen said the Norwegian Nobel Committee “continues to stand behind the important work” done by Muratov and the independent publication Novaya Gazeta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia on Friday added Muratov, the editor of  Novaya Gazeta, to its list of foreign agents, a label authorities commonly use to stifle critics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muratov “used foreign platforms to disseminate opinions aimed at forming a negative attitude towards the foreign and domestic policy of the Russian Federation,” the justice ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also accused Muratov of creating and distributing content from other foreign agents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“What is there to comment on? For comments, contact the ministry of justice”, said Novaya Gazeta’s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It added the foreign agents list now included 674 “worthy” people and organisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The label adds heavy administrative constraints and requires sources of funding to be disclosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also compels foreign agents to mark all publications — including social media posts — with a tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2021, when Muratov received the Nobel Peace Prize together with Filipina journalist Maria Ressa, he dedicated the award to Novaya Gazeta’s “fallen” journalists who “gave up their lives for their profession.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2000, Novaya Gazeta has seen six of its journalists and contributors killed, including investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya, who was shot dead in Moscow in 2006.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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