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'Every day, I live with the real threat of spending the rest of my life in jail just because I’m a journalist.' - 2021 peace laureate Maria Ressa
On #WorldPressFreedomDay learn more about journalist Ressa that never stops fighting for freedom of speech: bit.ly/3UY3ItY
“I think science can contribute a lot to a peaceful world,” says physics laureate Ferenc Krausz.
Watch him speak about the importance of collaboration and diversity: bit.ly/3xEAp9n
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'We have to take care of her so that our children and grandchildren may continue to benefit from her. If the world does not learn now to show respect to nature, what kind of future will the new generations have?'
- Rigoberta Menchú Tum in her #NobelPrize lecture.
“My first chemistry exam at Harvard was a disaster,” says chemistry laureate Moungi Bawendi. Luckily, this experience did not stop him from following his passion. Learn more: youtu.be/nDPOUfx2zz4
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What is the meaning of life?
Hear 2021 chemistry laureate Benjamin List answer the question we all are trying to find an answer to.
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“My life has been full of directions I never imagined. As an 18-year-old refugee from Lebanon, I had no idea I would become a scientist, and certainly not the recipient of a Nobel Prize.” – 2021 medicine laureate Ardem Patapoutian Ardem Patapoutian.
Read more: bit.ly/41RssIV
#OnThisDay in 1982, more than 30,000 demonstrated in Warsaw, Poland, for the release of union leader Lech Wałęsa from prison.
The former electrician was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 for securing workers' rights to establish their own union organisations.
“Raping a woman, raping the children and hurting them, and showing it to the community, is a way of traumatising everyone.”
Denis Mukwege received the 2018 peace prize for trying to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. More info The Guardian:
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