Oslo —A trio representing the three nations at the center of the war in Ukraine will receive the Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, showing no sign of giving up the fight against Vladimir Putin and his Minsk ally. READ:
Jailed Belarusian human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski, Russian human rights organization Memorial, and Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties will be presented with their awards at a formal ceremony in Oslo.
“Authoritarian leaders … see any attempt to dialogue as a sign of weakness”, she said, urging Western countries to continue to help Ukraine liberate its territories occupied by Russia, including Crimea.The CCL has documented war crimes committed by Russian troops in Ukraine for the past eight years, crimes for which Matviichuk wants to see Russian President Putin and his ally, Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko, brought to justice.
The country’s Supreme Court ordered it dissolved at the end of 2021, and ordered a raid of its Moscow offices on October 7 — the very day it was announced as co-winner of this year’s Peace Prize. She said Bialiatski — whom she has seen only once since his arrest, through a glass pane — was not authorised to give her an acceptance speech for the prestigious prize.
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