Ales Bialiatski, Russia's Memorial and Ukraine's CCL win 2022 Nobel Peace Prize
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The peace prize is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
Human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial, and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.
Ales Bialiatski of Belarus was one of the initiators of the democracy movement in the country in the 1980s and has devoted his life to promoting democracy and peaceful development. The human rights organisation Memorial has compiled and systematised information on political oppression and human rights violations in Russia.
Meanwhile, the Center for Civil Liberties in Kyiv has been advancing human rights and democracy in Ukraine. The center has taken a stand to strengthen Ukrainian civil society and pressure the authorities to make Ukraine a full-fledged democracy.
BREAKING NEWS:
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2022 #NobelPeacePrize to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties. #NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/9YBdkJpDLU
The announcement said that the laureates represent civil society in their home countries and have for many years promoted the right to criticise power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens.
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