The world’s most important political award, the Nobel Peace Prize, this year goes to Belarusian human rights lawyer Ales Bialiatski, the Russian human rights organization Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties. The Nobel Committee announced this on Friday morning in the Norwegian capital Oslo.
According to the jury, the winners of the peace prize represent civil society in their home country. “You have campaigned for years for the right to criticize power and for the protection of citizens’ fundamental rights. They have made great efforts to document war crimes, human rights violations and abuse of power. Together they demonstrate the importance of civil society for peace and democracy.”
More than 340 nominations
A total of 343 candidates, 92 organizations and 251 personalities were nominated for the award this year – the second highest number of nominations ever. Whoever is among them is traditionally kept a secret for 50 years.
Last year, the Nobel Peace Prize went to Maria Ressa and Dimitri Muratov. The two journalists were recognized for their efforts to uphold freedom of expression, a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.
Closing out the Nobel Prize ceremonies on Monday is the prize for economics – by the way, the only one that wasn’t included in the will of the Swedish inventor of dynamite, Alfred Nobel.
The prize is endowed with 920,000 euros
The awards are presented annually on December 10, the anniversary of the death of dynamite inventor and founder Alfred Nobel. Since last year there is ten million Swedish crowns (equivalent to almost 920,000 euros) in prize money per category.
The awards ceremony will take place again this year in Stockholm on December 10, the anniversary of the death of founder Alfred Nobel. The winners of the years 2020 and 2021 are also invited. In these two years, the award ceremony due to Corona only took place in the home countries of the prize winners.
Source: Krone
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