The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize goes to imprisoned Belarusian Ales Bialatsky and two organizations

Imprisoned human rights lawyer-activist Ales Bialiatski and two organizations were this year awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the most important distinction of the 20th and 21st centuries which is awarded – based on Alfred Nobel’s will – “to the person who has made the greatest contribution to the fraternization of nations , in the abolition or reduction of military forces and in the conduct and promotion of peace processes”.

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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2022 #NobelPeacePrize to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organization Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties. #NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/9YBdkJpDLU

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 7, 2022

The prize is also awarded to the Russian human rights organization Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties. Memorial as a Russian legal entity was closed down and liquidated by the Putin government on April 5, 2022, on charges that it was working for “foreign powers”.

With this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee “wishes to honor three outstanding champions of human rights, democracy and peaceful coexistence in the neighboring countries of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine,” the announcement reads. She called on Belarus to release Bialatski from prison.

With this year’s #NobelPeacePrizethe Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to honor three outstanding champions of human rights, democracy and peaceful co-existence in the neighboring countries Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.#NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/oEB4z2S1bn

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 7, 2022

This year’s three Nobel laureates “have made an extraordinary effort to document war crimes, human rights violations and abuse of power. Together, they demonstrate the importance of civil society for peace and democracy,” the Commission states in its rationale for the decision.

The Nobel Peace Prize, which comes with a cash prize of 10 million Swedish kroner (about €920,000), will be awarded in Oslo on December 10 on the anniversary of the death of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, whose 1895 will established the prizes.

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