This year’s Nobel Peace Prize is going to jailed Belarus rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian group Memorial and Ukrainian organisationCenter for Civil Liberties, Friday’s award’s judge said.
Berit Reiss Anderson, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee said that the judges wanted “three outstanding champions for human rights, democracy, and peaceful coexistence between the neighboring countries Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine.”
“Through their consistent efforts in favor of human values and anti-militarism and principles of law, this year’s laureates have revitalized and honored Alfred Nobel’s vision of peace and fraternity between nations, a vision most needed in the world today,” she told reporters in Oslo.
The award is a continuation of a tradition that recognizes activists who help to prevent conflicts, alleviate suffering and protect human right.
NOBEL PRIZE GOES to 3 PHYSICISTS FOR QUANTUM SCIENCE WORK
Ales Bialiatski (head of Belarusian Vyasna rights organization) stands in a defendants’ cage during a court hearing in Minsk, Belarus on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011.
(AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)
The winners of last year’s prize have had a difficult time since they received it. Journalists Dmitry Muratov from RussiaMaria Ressa and Maria Ressa from the Philippines are fighting for the survival their news agencies, defying all government attempts to silence them.
They were awarded for “their efforts in safeguarding freedom of expression,” which is a condition for democracy, lasting peace and human rights.
Monday marked the start of a week of Nobel Prize announcements. Svante Paabo, a Swedish scientist, was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for uncovering Neanderthal DNA secrets that gave us key insights into our immune systems.
Three scientists won jointly The prize in physics Tuesday. Frenchman Alain Aspect and American John F. Clauser had shown that small particles can still be connected to one another even when separated. This phenomenon is known as quantum Entanglement. It can be used for specialized computing or encryption.
Berit Reiss–Andersen announces the Nobel Committee’s Peace Prize winner at Oslo’s Nobel Institute on Friday, October 7, 2022.
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The Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded Wednesday to K. Barry Sharpless and Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Americans, and Morten Meldal, Danish scientist, for their discovery of a method of “snapping together molecules” that can be used to map DNA, explore cells and create drugs that target cancer more precisely.
French author Annie Ernaux won this year’s Nobel Prize in literature Thursday. Her ability to combine fiction and autobiography, in books that bravely mine her experiences as a working-class women, was praised by the panel.
Monday will see the announcement of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Economics.
Ales Belyatsky (the jailed leader for Vesna), the most prominent human right group in Belarus, wave to his family members as he sits inside a cage in Minsk, Belarus on Thursday, November 24, 2011.
(AP Photo/Sergei Grits, FILE)
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The prizes come with a cash award worth 10 million Swedish Kronor (nearly $1900,000.000). They will be presented on December 10. The money comes from a bequest left by the prize’s creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, in 1895.
