This year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner will go to jail Belarus rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian Memorial group and the Ukrainian organization Center for Civil Liberties, the award’s judges said Friday.
Berit Reiss-Andersen, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said the judges want to honor “three outstanding champions of human rights, democracy and peaceful coexistence in neighboring countries Belarus, Russia and Ukraine”.
“Through their consistent efforts in favor of human values, anti-militarism and principles of law, this year’s winners have revitalized and honored Alfred Nobel’s vision of peace and brotherhood among the nations, a more necessary vision in the world. today, “he told reporters in Oslo.
The award follows a tradition of highlighting groups and activists seeking to prevent conflict, alleviate hardship and protect human rights.
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Ales Bialiatski, the head of the Belarusian rights group in Vyasna, stands in the defendant’s cage during a court session in Minsk, Belarus on Wednesday, November 2, 2011.
(Photo AP / Sergei Grits, File)
Last year’s winners have faced a tough time since receiving the award. Journalists Dmitry Muratov of Russia and Maria Ressa of the Philippines fought for the survival of their news outlets, challenging government efforts to silence them.
They were awarded last year for “their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace”.
A week of Nobel Prize announcements began Monday with Swedish scientist Svante Paabo receiving the medical award for uncovering the secrets of Neanderthal DNA that provided key insights into our immune system.
Three scientists together won the physics award on Tuesday. Frenchman Alain Aspect, American John F. Clauser, and Austrian Anton Zeilinger had shown that tiny particles can maintain a connection with each other even when separated, a phenomenon known as quantum entanglement, which can be used for specialized processing and to encrypt the information.
Berit Reiss-Andersen, head of the Nobel Committee, announces the winner of this year’s Peace Prize at the Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway on Friday 7 October 2022.
(Heiko Junge / NTB Scanpix via AP))
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded Wednesday to Americans Carolyn R. Bertozzi and K. Barry Sharpless and to Danish scientist Morten Meldal for developing a way to “hook molecules together” that can be used to explore cells, map the DNA and design drugs that can target diseases such as cancer more precisely.
French author Annie Ernaux won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday this year. The jury praised her for blending fiction and autobiography in books that fearlessly extract her experiences as a working-class woman to explore her life in France since the 1940s.
The Nobel Prize in Economics 2022 will be announced on Monday.
Ales Belyatsky, the jailed leader of Vesna, the most important human rights group in Belarus, greets his relatives as he sits in a cage during a court session in Minsk, Belarus on Thursday, November 24, 2011.
(Photo AP / Sergei Grits, FILE)
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The prizes involve a cash prize of SEK 10 million (nearly $ 900,000) and will be distributed on 10 December. The money comes from a bequest left by the creator of the prize, the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, in 1895.
