New Delhi: It has been announced that this year’s Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded to imprisoned Belarusian rights activist Ales Bilyatsky, Russian group Memorial and Ukrainian organization Center for Civil Liberties. The Nobel Peace Prize was announced on Friday in Oslo by the head of Norway’s Nobel Committee, Berit Ridge Andersen. Last year, the award was given to two journalists, Dmitry Muratov from Russia and Maria Ressa from the Philippines. He was then given this award for defending the vital need for freedom of speech, democracy and peace.
The announcement of the Nobel Prize started from Monday
In fact, the Nobel Peace Prize was announced Friday in Oslo to the head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Rijs Andersen. The week of Nobel Prize announcements began on Monday with the awarding of the Nobel Prize in medicine to the scientist who uncovered the secrets of Neanderthal DNA. Three scientists jointly won a physics prize on Tuesday for their discovery that tiny particles can still hold together despite being separated. This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Caroline R. Bertozzi, Morton Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless was awarded on Wednesday for developing a method of ‘simultaneous splitting of atoms’ into equal parts. On Thursday, the Swedish Academy announced this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature to French writer Anne Arnoux for her writings that “exploit the interiority, systems and collective constraints of individual memory with courage and figurative intensity.” The Nobel Prize in Economics will be announced on October 10.
How many people were nominated this time?
In fact, a total of 343 people were nominated this year, of which 251 are individual names and 92 are organizations, which are doing significant work in the field of peace. This number is the second highest in the history of the Nobel Peace Prize. Earlier in the year 2016, the names of 376 people were nominated. Last year this number was 329.
Who won the first Nobel Peace Prize
The first Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in 1901 to Frédéric Pacey of France and Jean-Henri Dunant of Switzerland. Frédéric was a French economist and founder of several peace societies in the country. He was given this award because of his peace movement especially in the European Union. While Dunant was a humanist. He was also a businessman and a social activist.