Rights Advocates Honored at Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony

Human rights advocates in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus were being honored on Saturday at the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo.

The laureates — Memorial, a Russian organization; the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine; and Ales Bialiatski, a jailed Belarusian activist — have become symbols of resistance and accountability during the largest ground war in Europe since World War II, set off by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Read more

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