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  • Will consider Kerala govt proposal for World Peace Conference: Nobel Peace Centre

    By PTI

    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Norway-based Nobel Peace Center, which awards the Nobel Peace Prize, on Wednesday said it will seriously consider the Kerala government’s proposal for convening a World Peace Conference.

    In a meeting with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who is on a Europe tour with some of his cabinet colleagues, Nobel Peace Center Executive Director Kjersti Fløgstad said the state government’s proposal for such a conference would be given serious thought, according to a statement issued by the CMO.

    The statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said that Vijayan, in the meeting, expressed interest in organising such a conference in collaboration with the Nobel Peace Centre.

    The Kerala government in its previous budget had announced that a World Peace Conference would be organized.

    In the meeting, Fløgstad said it was gratifying to see such a proposal from a state government and once the same is received through official channels, discussions would be held on it, the statement quoted him as saying.

    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Norway-based Nobel Peace Center, which awards the Nobel Peace Prize, on Wednesday said it will seriously consider the Kerala government’s proposal for convening a World Peace Conference.

    In a meeting with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who is on a Europe tour with some of his cabinet colleagues, Nobel Peace Center Executive Director Kjersti Fløgstad said the state government’s proposal for such a conference would be given serious thought, according to a statement issued by the CMO.

    The statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said that Vijayan, in the meeting, expressed interest in organising such a conference in collaboration with the Nobel Peace Centre.

    The Kerala government in its previous budget had announced that a World Peace Conference would be organized.

    In the meeting, Fløgstad said it was gratifying to see such a proposal from a state government and once the same is received through official channels, discussions would be held on it, the statement quoted him as saying.

  • Dalai Lama hails Nobel winning journalists for their courage

    By PTI

    DHARMSHALA: The Dalai Lama on Saturday hailed Nobel Peace Prize winners Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, both journalists, for standing up to autocratic forces in their countries under challenging conditions.

    Ressa and Muratov were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace prize by the Sweden-based foundation on Friday.

    The Dalai Lama said he was happy to learn that this year’s prize had been given to the two journalists for their efforts to defend freedom of expression and freedom of the press in the Philippines and Russia.

    He said the Nobel Committee has honoured these two as representatives of journalists everywhere, who put themselves at risk in standing up for this ideal under challenging conditions.

    “Journalists have a key role to play in promoting human values and a sense of social and religious harmony,” he said, adding that he greatly admires the courage of both the journalists.

    “Freedom of expression and freedom of the press are crucial to our being able to promote harmony and friendship between nations, disarmament and a more peaceful world order,” the spiritual leader said.

    Ressa, a Filipino journalist, has been working for years to expose abuse of power and corruption in her country, especially under the current Duterte regime known for its brutal anti-drug crusade.

    In 2012, she founded Rappler, a digital media investigative portal, which she still heads.

    Muratov became one of the founders of Novaja Gazeta in 1993 and has been its editor since 1995.

    Over the years, Muratov has worked to expose corruption, police abuse, “troll factories”, unlawful arrests and electoral frauds in Russia.