The winners of the Nobel Prizes, which reward people who serve humanity with their works and works in the scientific and artistic community, are announced this week. In the announcements that started on Monday, the winners of the Nobel Prizes in Medicine, Physics, Chemistry and Literature have been announced so far.
The Nobel Committee today announced the winners of the highly anticipated Nobel Peace Prize this year. The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to two institutions and one individual this year. These names were Belarusian human rights lawyer Ales Bialiatski, Russia-based human rights organization Memorial and Ukraine-based human rights organization Civil Liberties Center.
“They showed the importance of civil society for peace and democracy”
According to the statement shared by the Nobel Committee, Nobel Peace Prize winners represent civil society in their countries. For many years, these figures have supported criticizing the government and protecting the fundamental rights of citizens. They made an extraordinary effort to document war crimes, human rights abuses and abuses of power. Together, they demonstrated the importance of civil society for peace and democracy.
Who is Ales Bialiatski?
Alex Bialiatski was one of the initiators of the democracy movement that emerged in Belarus in the mid-1980s. Dedicating his life to democracy and peaceful development in his homeland, Ales founded the Viasna (Spring) organization in 1996. The organization supported the imprisoned demonstrators in the country and their families. Over the years, it developed into a broad-based human rights organization that documented and protested the authorities’ torture of political prisoners.
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