Peace prize. Belarus rights activist Ales Bialiatski, Russian group Memorial and Ukrainian body Center for Civil Liberties win Nobel Peace Prize

AP- PTI Updated - October 07, 2022 at 03:44 PM.

The winner was announced in Oslo by Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee

FILE- Ales Bialiatski, the jailed leader of Vesna, the most prominent human rights group in Belarus, waves to his relatives as he sits in a cage during a court session in Minsk, Belarus, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Bialiatski, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties. | Photo Credit: Sergei Grits

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.

FILE PHOTO: Svetlana Gannushkina, Russian human rights activist and founder of the “Memorial” organisation, speaks during an interview with Reuters at her house in Moscow October 6, 2011. Memorial is one of the three winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize | Photo Credit: DENIS SINYAKOV

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.

Published on October 7, 2022 09:24