The biggest rock band in the world has joined numerous celebrities from around the globe in congratulating Filipino journalist Maria Ressa for winning the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 alongside Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov.
The iconic Irish rock band took to Twitter to commend both Maria Ressa and Dmitry.
“In the middle of a war on truth, thankful to see the Nobel Committee lift up the truth tellers… journalists who are guarding our democracies, not with weapons, but with their witness and their words,” U2 said.
“Congratulations Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov on winning the Nobel Peace Prize and respect to journalists everywhere who in hostile times are standing firm to, as Maria Ressa said yesterday, ‘win the battle for truth, the battle for facts: we hold the line,'” it added.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced last Friday, Oct. 8, that the two media workers are being awarded the Nobel for their work to protect press freedom and freedom of expression.
Ressa is the first Filipino to receive the plum.