Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Committee is alarmed by reports of serious threats against Narges Mohammadi, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023.  Ms. Mohammadi was awarded the prize for …

Members of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan’s leading group of atomic bomb survivors, received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Tuesday, with the organisation hoping the achievement will energise the movement …

Members of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan’s leading group of atomic bomb survivors and this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, are set to hold a press conference in Oslo on Monday ahead …

Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki also known as Hibakusha, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. “Hibakusha is receiving the …

Typically, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize gives their acceptance lecture at the awards ceremony in Oslo, Norway – but this year’s recipient, Narges Mohammadi, couldn’t. She remains behind bars …

Imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi began a hunger strike on Monday (Nov 6) in protest against what she said was the jail’s failure to give her access to …

Narges Mohammadi, a jailed Iranian women’s rights advocate, won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The former vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC) organization was …

The Nobel Foundation on Saturday reversed course and decided to withdraw invitations for the Russian, Belarusian and Iranian ambassadors to attend December’s prize ceremony in Stockholm. The foundation earlier this …

Chairman of Pakistan’s Senate urges Norwegian Nobel Committee to recognise Turkish president’s role in averting a “global disaster” amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Pakistani lawmakers have nominated Turkish President Recep Tayyip …

Chief Editor of Russia’s Novaya Gazeta newspaper Dmitry Muratov and Philippine journalist Maria Ressa have received the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony held at the city hall in …

Philippine Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa will fly to Oslo to collect the award in person, after a third court approved her application to attend Friday’s ceremony. Ressa, an …

The United Nations on Monday (Nov 29) urged the Philippines to allow Nobel Prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa to travel to Norway next month to accept the award. Ressa, the first Nobel laureate …

A petition from three Russian professors to grant the Nobel Peace Prize to Cuba’s Henry Reeve medical contingent was registered by the Norwegian Committee that grants the prize, Russian universities …

As a recognition, the Chilean Solidarity Movement with Cuba on Wednesday appreciates the acceptance by the Norwegian Nobel Committee of new nominations to grant this award to the Cuban doctors. The …

The World Food Programme (WFP) has been praised by world leaders and humanitarian groups after it was awarded 2020’s Nobel Peace Prize. The UN entity, which provided food to 100 …

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday received the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony held at the Oslo City Hall in Norway’s capital. Abiy received the Nobel Peace …

Kjersti Fløgstad is appointed as the new Executive Director of the Nobel Peace Center succeeding Liv Tørres. She will start her new position after New Year. Oslo, 4. desember 2019 …

“We congratulate Dr. Abiy Ahmed on the Nobel Peace Prize and his courageous efforts in bringing ambitious reforms to Ethiopia and offering the hand of peace to neighbouring Eritrea. The …

This years’ Nobel Peace Prize diploma was revealed at the Nobel Peace Center Saturday. When Abiy Ahmed Ali receives the Nobel Peace Prize 10 December, he will also get a …

The decision by the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award the 2019 Peace Prize to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali for his decisive initiative to resolve the 20-year-old border conflict …

Top Indonesian scholars have supported the nomination of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah, Indonesia’s two largest Islamic organizations, for the Nobel Peace Prize, saying the two groups have played a …

Greta Thunberg, the Swedish school girl climate campaigner who has inspired worldwide protests, should be awarded this year’s Nobel Peace prize, Norwegian lawmakers said yesterday. “We have proposed Greta Thunberg …

Nobel Prize winners Dr. Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad urged world leaders to end sexual violence around the world. The laudable accomplishments of Nobel Prize winners Dr. Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad are …

Two inspirational campaigners spoke of the fight against rape and sexual violence as weapons of war when they received their Nobel Peace Prizes today. Dr Denis Mukwege, a doctor who helps …

Statement by Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, ahead of the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony Monday 10 December, where Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege will recieve the …