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Belarus activist; Ukraine, Russia organisations win Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO, October 7, 2022

The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties.
 
"The Peace Prize laureates represent civil society in their home countries. They have for many years promoted the right to criticise power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens. They have made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power. Together they demonstrate the significance of civil society for peace and democracy," said the Nobel committee.
 
Russia forced Memorial to close last December, ahead of Vladimir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine. Bialiatsky was imprisoned amid protests against Belarus's Alexander Lukashenko.
 
Ukraine's CCL has monitored political persecutions and crimes against humanity in areas of the country occupied or annexed by Russia.
 
Norwegian Nobel Committee head Berit Reiss-Andersen told reporters that all three had made "an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power".
 
Asked whether the committee was sending a signal to Russia's leader on his 70th birthday, she pointed out that the Nobel prize was always awarded "for something and to somebody and not against anyone", said a BBC report.
 
Belarus's long-time ruler is a close ally of President Putin. After a re-election in 2020 that was widely condemned as rigged, he brutally cracked down on protesters and then allowed Russian forces to use his country as a launchpad in its war against Ukraine.
 
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