Copenhagen: Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swedish activist who is a prominent voice in the fight against climate change, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize this year. Norwegian deputy Andre Ovstegard told the “VG” newspaper on Wednesday that he and two other parliamentarians of the Socialist Left Party have[Read More…]
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Nadia Murad: Once an ISIS slave, now a Nobel Peace Prize winner
Born in the village of Kojo in Sinjar (Iraq), Nadia Murad has faced the cruelties which one can’t even imagine in our night mares. Before becoming a global face of inspiration to all the survivors of injustice, Nadia once lived a life of ISIS slave. Human rights activist Nadia Murad and Doctor Denis[Read More…]
Nobel Peace Prize goes to Congolese doctor, former IS hostage Nadia Murad
Stockholm, Oct 5 (IANS) The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday awarded the Peace Prize to Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and former Islamic State (IS) hostage and human rights activist Nadia Murad for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. The[Read More…]
ICAN anti-nuclear weapons campaign awarded 2017 Nobel Peace prize
The 2017 Nobel Peace prize has been awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons for its efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of weapons. The chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen, said the award had been made considering the group’s work “to draw attention to the[Read More…]