Bialiatski is a Belarusian lawyer and activist considered one of the promoters of the democratic movement in that country in the 1980s. In addition, the work of the Russian NGO Memorial and the Center for Civil Liberties of Ukraine has been distinguished.
Euskaraz irakurri: Ales Bialiatski abokatua eta giza eskubideen aldeko Errusiako eta Ukrainako bi elkarte, Bakearen Nobel saridun
The Peace Nobel this year has awarded the civil activism in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, recognizing the work in this field of the Belarusian activist and lawyer Ales Bialiatskithe Russian NGO Memorial and the Center for Civil Liberties from Ukraine.
The award announcement was made this morning by the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen.
The award, which in addition to worldwide recognition is endowed with 10 million Swedish crowns (more than 917,000 euros), will be awarded in December in Oslo (Norway).
For this year’s edition, 342 candidates had been submitted, of which 251 correspond to individuals and 92 to organizations. The list, which closed at the end of January, is the second largest in the history of the awards, only behind the record of 376 reached in 2016.
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Source: Eitb
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