Nobel peace prize given to human rights activists in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine
The Guardian says The jailed Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties have won the 2022 Nobel peace prize.
“The Norwegian Nobel committee wishes to honour three outstanding champions of human rights, democracy and peaceful coexistence in the neighbour countries Belarus, Russia and Ukraine,” the committee chair, Berit Reiss-Andersen, said.
She called on Belarus to release Bialiatski from prison.
The prize will be seen by many as a condemnation of Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, who is celebrating his 70th birthday on Friday, and Belarus’s president, Alexander Lukashenko, making it one of the most politically contentious in decades.