Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov won the Nobel Peace Prize for their fights to defend freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia, BBC reports.
The Nobel committee called the pair "representatives of all journalists who stand up for this ideal".
The winners of the prestigious prize, worth 10m Swedish krona (£836,000; $1.1m), were announced at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo.
They were chosen out of 329 candidates.
The Kremlin congratulated Dmitry Muratov, an editor and journalist, on winning the Nobel peace prize despite the fact that his Novaya Gazeta newspaper has often criticized the Russian authorities.
"He persistently works in accordance with his own ideals, he is devoted to them, he is talented, he is brave," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Ms Ressa, who co-founded the news site Rappler, was commended for using freedom of expression to "expose abuse of power, use of violence and growing authoritarianism in her native country, the Philippines".
The award-winning journalist was convicted last year of libel in a case seen as a test of the country's press freedom.
On September 2021, Maria Ressa received the International award by “Hrant Dink Foundation” for the achievements in defense of the human rights.
