Human rights champions in Belarus, Russia, Ukraine win Nobel Peace Prize

The NobelPeacePrize has been awarded to human rights champions AlesBialiatski of Belarus, Russia's Memorial group and Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties 🇧🇾 ☮️ 🇺🇦

The committee called for the release of Bialiatski, who has been jailed since 2021 in Belarus, and insisted its prize was not directed at Russian President Vladimir Putin, who launched an invasion of Ukraine in February.

"This prize is not addressing President Putin ... except that his government ... is representing an authoritarian government that is suppressing human rights activists," Reiss-Andersen said.

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