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Nobel peace laureate Maria Ressa: ‘In 2024, democracy could fall off a cliff’

The journalist, who is facing prison in the Philippines, talks about the dark side of social media and why truth is being eroded in politics

The Guardian - UK

Which writer’s daughter was Princess Diana’s stepmother? The Saturday quiz

From insects to Pacific coastlines, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

The Guardian - UK

For East Timor president, ASEAN membership a lifelong dream

It was as a budding diplomat in the 1970s that Jose Ramos-Horta, a man who would go on to win the Nobel prize for his fight for East Timor's independence, first raised the idea of his country joining Southeast Asia's economic and political bloc.

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Top global environment projects up for Scottish university's major prize

THREE finalists have been selected for a global environment prize backed by a Scottish university.

The National (Scotland)

North East firm LCM makes final for prestigious Earthshot Prize 2022

The Seaham firm is one of just 15 Earthshot finalists from around the world

Birmingham Post

Indigenous women rangers of the Great Barrier Reef make the finals of Prince William's Earthshot Prize Awards

Larissa Hale — who runs a trailblazing network of Indigenous women rangers in Queensland — has been announced as the only Australian finalist in Prince William's Earthshot Prize, which aims to seek out cutting-edge solutions to save the planet.

ABC News

Nobel winners call attention to Egypt political prisoners

A group of winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature have urged world leaders to raise human rights issues as they visit Egypt for the COP27 climate change conference

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COP27: Nobel Prize winners demand Egypt free political prisoners

Nobel Literature laureates urge world leaders to pressure Cairo to free dissidents ahead of the COP27 summit.

Al Jazeera

British-Egyptian hunger striker may die in prison, Nobel laureates warn world leaders attending Cop27

Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been on hunger strike for six months and will refuse water from 6 November, the first day of the climate summit

The Guardian - AU

Alaa-Abdel Fattah: Nobel literature prize winners urge release of Briton held in Egypt

The activist, who is on a hunger strike, now says he plans to stop drinking water as of Sunday, the first day of Cop27

The Independent UK

Nobel Literature Prize winners urge release of British man held in Egypt

Their call comes in advance of the Cop27 climate change summit in the country.

The Independent UK

Iran also barred from Nobel ceremony, after Russia, Belarus

The ambassador of Iran has been excluded from this year’s Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm because of “the serious and escalating situation” in the country

The Independent UK

Russia, Belarus ambassadors barred from Nobel ceremony

The ambassadors of Russia and Belarus have been barred from this year’s Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm because of the war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Far-right Sweden Democrats not welcome at Nobel banquet - foundation

The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, which became the country's second biggest party in last month's election, are not welcome at the Nobel banquet, the Nobel Foundation said on Tuesday.

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The Independent UK

Trump renews threat against Pulitzer for awarding ‘Russia hoax’ reporting

Threat first made in November 2021

The Guardian - UK

India criticised over arbitrary travel bans after photojournalist blocked from Pulitzer trip

Sanna Irshad Mattoo says she was barred from taking a flight to New York where she was scheduled to receive the 2022 Pulitzer Prize

Salon

Louis Pasteur's work still saves lives

Someone perhaps most deserving of a Nobel Prize for his work in virology never got it. Who was Louis Pasteur?

The Independent UK

EU awards top human rights prize to the people of Ukraine

The people of Ukraine and their representatives have been awarded the European Union’s top human rights prize for their resistance to the Russia's invasion and ongoing war

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France 24

People of Ukraine win EU Sakharov prize for their fight against Russia

The people of Ukraine and their representatives were awarded the European Union’s top human rights prize Wednesday for their resistance to Russia's invasion and ongoing war.

Reuters

Ukrainian people win EU's 2022 Sakharov freedom prize

The European Parliament on Wednesday awarded the people of Ukraine its annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to honour their fight against Russia's invasion.

Radio France Internationale

Afghani human rights and women's advocate awarded 2022 Aurora Prize

The bells of the church of the small island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni in the Venice lagoon rang out to announce that a new Aurora prize laureate had been awarded the one million dollars to continue the work she has been involved in for the past quarter of a…

The Guardian - UK

Shehan Karunatilaka’s Booker winner is narrated by a dead man - but it’s a novel full of life

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, about a photographer during Sri Lanka’s civil war, has tremendous comic energy

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 15 October 2022

On Monday the Sveriges Riksbank prize (the Nobel Prize for Economics) was awarded to Ben Bernanke. We can trace the last century of American economics in his life's work. He's often described as the saviour of the last recession. But what about this one?

The Independent UK

Ukraine dominates shortlist for EU human rights prize

Ukrainian entries are dominating the shortlist to win to European Union’s top human rights prize

The Independent UK

Julian Assange makes final shortlist for human rights award

The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought is awarded each year by the European Union Parliament.

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