Leymah Gbowee was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Tawakkol Karman, for her non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work. Leymah Gbowee Full name: Leymah GboweeBorn: 1 February 1972, Monrovia, LiberiaDate awarded: 7 October 2011 Unified Christians and Muslims against the…

Watch a video clip of the representatives of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nihon Hidankyo receiving the Nobel Peace Prize medal and diploma during the award ceremony at Oslo City Hall, Norway, 10 December 2024. Nihon Hidankyo was represented by the  co-chairs of Nihon Hidankyo Mr Terumi Tanaka, Mr Shigemitsu Tanaka and Mr Toshiyuki…

Nuclear warheads are threatening life on Earth as we know it. Just one of them could kill hundreds of thousands of people with lasting humanitarian and environmental consequences. A number of Nobel Prize laureates have been lauded for their opposition to the deadly arsenals that jeopardise our very existence. Terumi Tanaka, representing Nihon Hidankyo, delivering…

Jørgen Watne Frydnes delivering the presentation speech for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize at the Oslo City Hall, Norway, 10 December 2024. English Copyright © The Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, 2024.General permission is granted for the publication in newspapers in any language. Publication in periodicals or books, or in digital or electronic forms, otherwise than in…

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The co-chairs of Nihon Hidankyo, Mr Terumi Tanaka, Mr Shigemitsu Tanaka and Mr Toshiyuki Mimaki, with the Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Jørgen Watne Frydnes, at the award ceremony at the Oslo City Hall in Norway on 10 December 2024. Terumi Tanakare, representing Nihon Hidankyo, delivering the Nobel Peace Prize lecture at the award…

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman, for her non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Full name: Ellen Johnson SirleafBorn: 29 October 1938, Monrovia, LiberiaDate awarded: 7 October 2011 Pioneering president Ellen Johnson…

Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China. Liu Xiaobo Full name: Liu XiaoboBorn: 28 December 1955, Changchun, ChinaDied: 13 July 2017, Shenyang, ChinaDate awarded: 8 October 2010 For people’s rights Liu Xiaobo was a Chinese literature critic, author, university lecturer and human rights…