Nobel prize will give us ‘strength’, says Ukraine NGO head

Matviychuk describes the war crimes committed by Russia since February 24 as different in their 'scale and brutality' [Nils Adler/Al Jazeera]

Kyiv, Ukraine – The head of the Center for Civil Liberties (CCL), a Kyiv-based human rights organisation that was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, says the prize will give them “more strength” in their efforts to fight for human rights.

“We were shocked; even this morning, we knew nothing,” Oleksandra Matviychuk told Al Jazeera.