Nobel Peace Prize honors trio from Ukraine Belarus and Russia
Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties Memorial and Belarus activist Ales Bialiatski win the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize as a rebuke to Putin and Belarusian leader authorities. The Norwegian committee praised champions of human rights while noting regimes suppress rights and tensions over the war in Ukraine.
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Belarus activist Bialiatski among jailed Nobel laureates
Ales Bialiatski, 60, jailed Belarus rights campaigner and founder of Viasna, shares the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize with Memorial and the Center for Civil Liberties while in detention. The award carries 10 million kronor and may be collected by a proxy if he cannot attend the December ceremony.
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Explosions Rock Kharkiv Amid Ukraine Invasion
A string of early morning missile explosions hit Kharkiv center causing fires at a medical facility and a residential building. No casualties reported yet. The blasts followed intensified Russian strikes on areas Ukraine insists are annexed. The day also saw Nobel Peace Prize awards to Ukrainian and Belarusian activists, while concerns rise over the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and risks of dangerous radiation.
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