Nobel Peace Prize

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Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo won the first Nobel of the year, for initiating the field of ancient DNA studies

Belarussian pro-democracy campaigner Ales Bialiatski, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with human rights groups in Russia and Ukraine, is the fourth person in the 121-year history of the Nobel Prizes to receive the award while in prison or detention. Bialiatski, 60, who founded the non-governmental organisation Human Rights Center Viasna, was detained following protests in 2020 against the re-election of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. He remains in jail without trial and faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted. Nobel committee chairwoman Berit Reiss-Andersen urged Belarus to release Bialiatski but acknowledged that chances of that happening in time for the Dec. 10 award ceremony were slim. Here is a look at what happened to the other Nobel Peace Prize winners who were in captivity when they were awarded the prize. CARL VON OSSIETZKY The German journalist, a staunch opponent of militarism, was imprisoned for exposing secret plans for German rearmament in the 1920s.

Belarusian security police in July 2021 raided offices and homes of lawyers and human rights activists, detaining Bialiatski and others in a new crackdown on opponents of Lukashenko

For many years, these laureates promoted the right to criticise power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens

This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to jailed Belarus rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian group Memorial and the Ukrainian organisation Center for Civil Liberties. The winner was announced Friday in Oslo by Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. A week of Nobel Prize announcements kicked off Monday with the award in medicine honouring a scientist who unlocked the secrets of Neanderthal DNA. Three scientists jointly won the prize in physics Tuesday for showing that tiny particles can retain a connection with each other even when separated. The prize for chemistry was awarded Wednesday to three scientists who developed ways of connecting molecules that can be used to design more targeted drugs. French author Annie Ernaux won this year's Nobel Prize in literature Thursday. The 2022 Nobel Prize for economics will be announced on Monday, Oct. 10.

There are 343 candidates for Nobel Peace Prize, out of which 251 are individuals and 92 are organisations

Barry Sharpless was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on "click chemistry", becoming only the fifth person to win the prize for the second time

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to people "who have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind"

Members of the European Parliament have called for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine to be recognised this year by the Nobel Peace Prize committee

The Nobel Peace Prize that Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov was auctioning off to raise money for Ukrainian child refugees sold for 4103.5 million, shattering the old record for a Nobel

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Russia's leading independent newspaper suspended operations after pressure from Russian authorities, a move that comes less than six months after its editor won the Nobel Peace Prize

Several current and former European politicians addressed the Norwegian Nobel Committee with a request to nominate Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022

Excerpts of Nobel Lecture given by Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2021 Maria Ressa

A Myanmar court prepared to deliver its verdict Tuesday in the trial of ousted leader Suu Kyi on charges of spreading information that could disturb public order, violating Covid covirestrictions

Nobel Laureate and Pakistani activist for girls' education Malala Yousafzai has tied the knot with a top-ranked officer of the Pakistan Cricket Board in a small ceremony in the UK

Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov were given the award 'for their courageous fight for freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia', says Chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee

The annual Nobel Peace Prize shines the brightest of lights on the person or group thought to have done most to promote peace. But guessing who it will be is just a stab in the dark.

The Olympic movement deserves to win the Nobel Peace Prize, former award winner Muhammad Yunus said Monday.