Lawyer for Philippines’ Nobel Peace Prize winner Ressa ‘confident’ about Oslo trip

A lawyer for Philippine Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa, who faces multiple court cases, said on Friday he was “confident” the journalist would be allowed to travel to Oslo to collect the award in person.Ressa, co-founder of news website Rappler, and Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov were given the award in October for their efforts to “safeguard freedom of expression”.The former CNN correspondent, who is on bail pending an appeal against a conviction last year in a cyber libel case,…