This year’s Nobel Peace Prize goes to jailed Belarusian rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian group Memorial and the Ukrainian organization Center for Civil Liberties, the prize’s judges said on Friday.
Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said the judges wanted to honor “three outstanding defenders of human rights, democracy and peaceful coexistence in the neighboring countries of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.”
“Through their constant efforts in favor of human values, anti-militarism and the principles of law, this year’s laureates have revitalized and honored Alfred Nobel’s vision of peace and brotherhood among nations, a vision most needed in the world current,” he told reporters. Oslo.
The award follows a tradition of highlighting groups and activists who try to prevent conflict, alleviate hardship and protect human rights.
THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR 3 PHYSICISTS FOR THE WORK OF QUANTUM SCIENCE
Ales Bialiatski, the head of the Belarusian rights group Vyasna, stands in the defendant’s cage during a court session in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, November 2, 2011.
(AP Photo/Sergei Grits, file)
Last year’s winners have faced a difficult time since receiving the award. Journalists Dmitry Muratov of Russia and Maria Ressa of the Philippines have been fighting for the survival of their news organizations, defying government efforts to silence them.
Last year they were honored for “their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.”
Monday kicked off a week of Nobel Prize announcements with Swedish scientist Svante Paabo receiving the prize in medicine for uncovering secrets of Neanderthal DNA that provided key insights into our immune system.
Three scientists jointly won the physics prize 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 computing and to encrypt 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, Friday, October 7, 2022.
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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 “bring molecules together” that can be used to explore cells, map the ‘DNA and design drugs that can more precisely target diseases such as cancer.
The French writer Annie Ernaux won the Nobel Prize for Literature this Thursday. The panel praised her for combining fiction and autobiography in books that fearlessly explore her experiences as a working-class woman to explore life in France since the 1940s.
The 2022 Nobel Prize in Economics will be announced on Monday.
Ales Belyatsky, the jailed leader of Vesna, Belarus’ most prominent human rights group, greets his relatives as he sits in a cage during a court hearing in Minsk, Belarus, Thursday, November 24, 2011.
(AP Photo/Sergei Grits, FILE)
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The awards carry a cash prize of 10 million Swedish kroner (about $900,000) and will be presented on December 10. The money comes from a bequest left by the prize’s creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, in 1895.
