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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Nobel Prize awarded to Ukraine, Russia and Belurus campaigners

Memorial Human Rights Belarus Russia Ales Bialiatski Ukraine United Kingdom Ales Byalyatski Center for Civil Liberties Nobel Prize

Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2022 Ales Belyatsky, the jailed leader of human rights organisation Vesna, waving to his relatives as he sits in court in Belarus in 2011

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A jailed Belarusian human rights activist and human rights organisations from Russia and Ukraine have been announced as winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.

The Norwegian Nobel committee revealed at 10am on Friday, UK time, that Belarusian activist Ales Byalyatski, Russian human rights organisation Memorial and Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties as this year’s laureates.

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