Filipino journalist Maria Ressa was authorized on Monday, December 6 by the courts of her country to go to Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in person.
Maria Ressa, 58, is currently on parole pending appeal after her conviction last year for defamation, which has forced her to ask three courts for permission to collect her award.
The tax appeals court ruled in a decision released on Monday that the co-founder of the Rappler news site could visit Norway from December 8 to 13.
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The former correspondent of the American channel CNN reacted to AFP by saying that she felt
"very good"
after having crossed this last legal obstacle.
Maria Ressa, who does not spare her criticisms of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, and Russian journalist Dmitri Muratov, were rewarded in October for their fight to
"safeguard freedom of expression"
.
The journalist in particular shone the spotlight on the violence accompanying the anti-drug campaign launched by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, which, according to human rights organizations, has killed tens of thousands.
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The appeals court in charge of the defamation case had accepted last week that she would travel, rejecting the
"risk of flight"
put forward by government lawyers.
Maria Ressa had also received permission from a regional court, in charge of another case, according to Francis Lim, one of her lawyers.
She is the subject of a total of seven lawsuits, including the libel case in which she faces up to six years in prison.