This Year's Nobel Peace Prize Is Awarded To Ales Bialiatski From Belarus, The Russian Human Rights Organization Memorial And The Ukrainian Human Rights Organization Center For Civil Liberties

 

The Guardian: Nobel peace prize given to human rights activists in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine  

Jailed campaigner Ales Bialiatski, Memorial and Center for Civil Liberties win award that will be seen as condemnation of Putin 

The jailed Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties have won the 2022 Nobel peace prize, in an award the committee said was to honour champions of “peaceful coexistence” during the most tumultuous period in Europe since the second world war.

“The peace prize laureates represent civil society in their home countries,” said Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee. “They have for many years promoted the right to criticise power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens.” 

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This Year's Nobel Peace Prize Is Awarded To Ales Bialiatski From Belarus, The Russian Human Rights Organization Memorial And The Ukrainian Human Rights Organization Center For Civil Liberties  

Belarus, Ukraine and Russia activists win Nobel Peace Prize -- BBC  

Nobel Peace Prize to activists from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine -- AP  

Nobel Peace Prize goes to three ‘champions of human rights’ from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine -- France 24  

Nobel Peace Prize goes to rights advocates from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine -- DW  

Nobel Prize goes to human rights activists from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus -- Politico  

Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian Rights Defenders Awarded Nobel Peace Prize -- Moscow Times  

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to activists in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine -- Axios  

Russian political prisoners should have got Nobel: Memorial co-founder -- France 24

Black Lives Matter Movement Nominated For The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

Elijah Nouvelage, Teen Vogue 

The Guardian: Black Lives Matter movement nominated for Nobel peace prize 

Norwegian cites global impact of BLM in raising awareness and consciousness of racial injustice 

The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel peace prize for the way its call for systemic change has spread around the world. In his nomination papers, Norwegian MP Petter Eide said the movement had forced countries outside the US to grapple with racism within their own societies.

“I find that one of the key challenges we have seen in America, but also in Europe and Asia, is the kind of increasing conflict based on inequality. Black Lives Matter has become a very important worldwide movement to fight racial injustice,” Eide said. “They have had a tremendous achievement in raising global awareness and consciousness about racial injustice.” 

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WNU Editor: The last Black Lives Matter protest that I personally saw in Montreal was a protest that was focused on damaging cars, breaking windows, intimidating people who got in the way, and toppling the statue of Canada's first Prime Minister (link her). And this Norwegian MP decided this group deserves a Nobel Peace Prize nomination !?!?!?!

Does The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) Deserve This Year's Nobel Peace Prize?

 

WNU Editor: I got sick inside when I learned that this year's Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the United Nations World Food Programme. As a former UN worker myself I am too well familiar with the corruption/nepotism/and incompetence of the UN. In the case of the World Food Program, it has a long and sordid history of corruption going back years .... The U.N. Food Programme's Rampant Corruption (Newsweek). But this corruption pales in comparison to numerous recent reports that sexual exploitation and abuse is rife in this organization .... Another UN Entity, Another Sex Scandal (Code Blue). More here .... World Food Program Roiled by Discrimination and Abuse, Survey Finds (Foreign Policy). As I said in the beginning. Giving this prize to an organization that has a long track record of horrendous abuse while doing little if anything to address it .... it is just not right.

Update: Just found this gem .... WFP needs ‘systemic overhaul’ to limit abusive behaviour: external review (The New Humanitarian).

President Trump Is Nominated A Second Time For The Nobel Peace Prize

I have nominated the US Gov. and the governments of Kosovo and Serbia for the Nobel Peace Prize for their joint work for peace and economic development, through the cooperation agreement signed in the White House. Trade and communications are important building blocks for peace. pic.twitter.com/XuhkLbHZAV

— Magnus Jacobsson (@magnusjacobsson) September 11, 2020

The Hill: Trump nominated a second time for Nobel Peace Prize

A member of the Swedish Parliament on Friday nominated President Trump and the governments of Kosovo and Serbia for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize over economic cooperation and trade talks.

“I have nominated the US Gov. and the governments of Kosovo and Serbia for the Nobel Peace Prize for their joint work for peace and economic development, through the cooperation agreement signed in the White House,” Magnus Jacobsson announced in a tweet.

“Trade and communications are important building blocks for peace,” the Swedish elected official added in the post, along with a copy of the full letter supporting Trump’s nomination.

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Update #1: Now Donald Trump gets second Nobel prize nomination as Swedish populist politician says president should get award for Serbia-Kosovo deal -- Daily Mail
Update #2: Trump nominated for second Nobel Peace Prize following Serbia-Kosovo deal -- NYPost

WNU Editor: Even if President Trump gets more peace deals like the one today between Israel - Bahrain, you can take this to the bank, the Nobel Committee will never give that type of recognition to President Trump.

President Trump Nominated For The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

SCMP/France 24: Trump thanks Norwegian politician who nominated him for Nobel Peace Prize

* The Norwegian MP cited Trump’s role in brokering an agreement to normalise relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates
* Trump has previously complained that he has not been considered more seriously for the peace prize

US President Donald Trump revelled on Wednesday in his nomination by a right-wing Norwegian politician for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.

“Thank you!” he said in one of a flurry of tweets and retweets celebrating the nomination, which cited Trump’s role in brokering an agreement to normalise relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.

Norwegian member of parliament Christian Tybring-Gjedde said he has nominated the Republican due to the “unique and historic agreement between Israel and the UAE – an agreement that, we hope, can be extended to other Arab countries so that we can have lasting peace in the Middle East.”

A member of the right-wing, anti-immigration Progress Party, Tybring-Gjedde is the deputy chair of the Norwegian parliament’s committee on foreign and defence affairs.

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WNU Editor: A lot of recipients got the Nobel Prize for doing less. But everyone knows that hell will need to freeze over first before the Nobel Committee will give President Trump this type of recognition.

More News On President Trump Being Nominated For The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

Trump basks in praise as right-wing Norwegian lawmaker nominates him for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize saying 'he deserves it more than Obama' for brokering diplomatic ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates -- Daily Mail
Norwegian lawmaker nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize -- AP
Norwegian lawmaker nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize -- Reuters
Norwegian far-right MP nominates Donald Trump for Nobel peace prize -- The Guardian
Donald Trump gets the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize nomination -- DW
Norwegian MP nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize after Israel-UAE peace deal -- RT
Norwegian MP nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize -- Al Jazeera
Twitter explodes over Trump Nobel Peace Prize nomination: 'This is going to be glorious' -- The Hill

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed Ali Wins Nobel Peace Prize For Ending 20-Year War With Eritria

Watch the very moment the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize is announced.

Presented by Berit Reiss-Andersen, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.#NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize pic.twitter.com/EIATBAMVp7

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 11, 2019

DW: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace Prize

The award, worth almost a million dollars, has been given to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. He received the prize for his efforts in making peace with Eritrea after years of conflict and tensions.

Announcing the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in Oslo, the five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the prize, praised Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for his peacemaking efforts, speaking of "his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighboring Eritrea."

Ethiopia and Eritrea restored relations in July 2018 after years of hostility. The two sides fought a border war from 1998 to 2000.

Abiy said he was "humbled and thrilled" to win the prize.

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WNU Editor: He deserved it.

More News On Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed Ali Winning The Nobel Peace Prize

The Latest: Sudanese leader lauds Abiy for his Africa work -- AP
Ethiopia's Abiy wins Nobel Peace Prize for resolving conflict with Eritrea -- Reuters
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel peace prize -- AP
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace Prize -- France 24
Ethiopian Prime Minister wins Nobel Peace Prize for ending 20-year war with Eritrea -- ABC News Online
Greta Thunberg misses out on Nobel Peace Prize as the award is given to Ethiopia's prime minister Abiy Ahmed -- Daily Mail
Nobel Peace Prize: Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed wins -- BBC
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali wins 2019 Nobel Peace Prize -- UPI
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed Ali wins Nobel Peace Prize -- Al Jazeera
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed -- CNN

2018 Nobel Peace Prize Winners Urge Global Action On Wartime Sexual Violence

ABC News Online: Nobel Peace Prize winners urge world to step up when combatting wartime sexual violence

One of the winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize says the attention the prize has drawn to sexual violence against women in war zones must be followed by action against the abuses.

Dr Denis Mukwege spoke on Sunday at a news conference with Nadia Murad of Iraq, with whom he shared the 9 million Swedish kronor ($1.9 million) prize.

The doctor was honoured for his work helping sexually abused women at the hospital he founded in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Ms Murad, a Yazidi, won for her advocacy for sex abuse victims after being kidnapped by Islamic State militants.

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2018 Nobel Peace Prize Winners Urge Global Action On Wartime Sexual Violence

Nobel Peace winners urge global action vs. sexual violence -- AP
Nobel Peace prize winners seek justice for war rape victims -- Reuters
Nobel Peace Prize Winners Demand Global Action on Mass Rape: ‘Enough is Enough!’ -- The New York Times
Nobel peace prize winners call for end to sexual violence -- The Independent
World's indifference to sexual violence must end: Nobel laureates -- Al Jazeera
Nobel Peace Prize winners call for global action against mass rape -- The Hill
World must 'protect' Yazidis, Murad says in Nobel acceptance speech -- France 24
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mukwege worried Congo vote could lead to war -- Reuters

2018 Nobel Peace Prize -- News Roundup

Daily Mail: Nobel Peace Prize is jointly awarded to a Yazidi former ISIS sex slave turned human rights activist and a Congolese doctor treating rape victims

* The winners are Nadia Murad, a 25-year-old from Iraq and Denis Mukwege, 63, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
* They won for their 'efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war'
* Murad campaigns for the ISIS murders of Yazidis to be recognised as genocide
* She is the second youngest winner after Malala Yousafzai who won in 2014 at 17
* Mukwege has treated thousands of survivors of sexual violence in armed conflict
* He has called on the world to take a tougher line on rape as a weapon of war
* The prize, worth $1 million will be presented in Oslo, Norway on December 10

This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to a gynecologist treating victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and a Yazidi human rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by Islamic State.

The prize, worth nine million Swedish crowns ($1 million), will be presented to Nadia Murad, 25, and Denis Mukwege, 63, in Oslo on December 10.

On the reason for their choice, the Nobel committee chairwoman Berit Reiss-Andersen said in Oslo that the pair one the prestigious award for their 'efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.'

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2018 Nobel Peace Prize -- News Roundup

The Latest: Peace winners praised by US envoy, not Trump -- AP
Nobel peace prize 2018 won by Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad - as it happened -- The Guardian
Congolese doctor, Yazidi activist, champions in fight against rape in war, win Nobel Peace Prize -- Reuters
Nobel Peace Prize for anti-rape activists Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege -- BBC
2018 Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Yazidi Activist and Congolese Doctor -- The New York Times
Nobel peace prize 2018 winners: who are Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad? – video profile -- The Guardian
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad -- DW
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad for efforts to end sexual violence in war -- ABC News Online
Nobel Peace Prize honours champions of fight against sexual violence -- AFP
Nobel Peace laureates demand end to sexual violence in war -- AP
Nadia Murad: from jihadist slave to Nobel laureate -- AFP
Nadia Murad, from ISIS sex slave to global human rights campaigner -- CNN
Congolese doctor dedicates Nobel Peace Prize to victims of sexual violence -- Reuters
Nobel's Mukwege hears news in surgery as wild cheers erupt -- AFP
'Dr. Miracle' Is The Co-Recipient Of The Nobel Peace Prize -- NPR
Who is Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege? -- DW
DR Congo hails Nobel win but says Mukwege 'politicises' his work -- AFP
DR Congo hails Mukwege Nobel win but says he's 'not infallible' -- AFP
Yazidis celebrate Murad's Nobel prize as they mark top ritual -- AFP
UN chief says Nobel Peace Prize winners 'defended our values' -- AFP
Sexual violence, a savage feature of conflict over centuries -- AP

Will South Korean President Kim Jong-un And North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un Kim Be Awarded The Nobel Peace Prize This Friday?

ABC News Online: Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in are among the bookies' favourites for the Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize is set to be announced tonight and one of the bookies' favourite pairs may come as a surprise — controversial North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

A total of 331 individuals and organisations have been nominated this year, but with the official list of candidates a tightly-kept secret, who might win is anyone's bet.

On Friday morning, Australian betting website SportsBet had the Korean leaders as its second-favourite at short odds, just behind German leader Angela Merkel.

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Update: Here Are the Favorites to Win the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize (Time)

WNU Editor: This is my prediction .... Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed And Eritrean President Isaias Afeworki Will Win This Year's Nobel Peace Prize (July 19, 2018). But I will not be surprised if the ACLU (who is on the list for this year's prize) be awarded the prize (as a snub to President Trump).

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed And Eritrean President Isaias Afeworki Will Win This Year's Nobel Peace Prize

Ethiopia's Prime minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerk sign a declaration in Eritrea on July 9. Reuters

CNN: Eritrea leader brings 'peace, love and good wishes' on historic Ethiopia visit

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)Eritrea has reopened its embassy in Ethiopia as the leaders of both countries took another significant step in strengthening the peace process between two former sworn enemies.

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki raised the Eritrean flag together inside the embassy, while a military band performed the Eritrean national anthem.

Eritrea's Minister of Information, Yemane Meskel, said in a tweet that the event was "yet another milestone in the robust and special ties of peace and friendship both countries are cultivating with earnestness in these momentous times."

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WNU Editor: You heard it here first because the Nobel Committee is sure as hell not going to give President Trump the Prize for his efforts on the Korean peninsula.

Key Member Of The Norwegian Nobel Committee Is Making It Clear That President Trump Will Not Get A Nobel Prize For Beginning The Peace Process On The Korean Peninsula

Human rights watchdog, the Council of Europe, says US President Donald Trump is no longer the moral leader of the free world

AFP: Trump no longer 'moral leader of free world': top rights body

US President Donald Trump is "no longer the moral leader of his country or the world", the human rights watchdog, the Council of Europe, said Wednesday amid global outrage over the White House's policy of separating migrant children from their parents.

"What is happening at the (US-Mexico) border where he (Trump) is separating children from their parents is a sign that he is no longer the moral leader of his country or the world," the Council of Europe's secretary general, Thorbjorn Jagland, told Norwegian broadcaster TV2.

"Everything he does excludes him from the role American presidents have always had," Jagland said during a trip to Moscow.

"He can not speak on behalf of the so-called free world."

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WNU Editor: Thorbjorn Jagland is the key member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee that decides on who gets the Nobel Prize.

South Korean President: President Trump Deserves To Get The Nobel Peace Prize For His Work On North Korea

Presidents Donald Trump and Moon Jae-in in November. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Business Insider: South Korea's president calls for Trump to get the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on North Korea

* President Trump should win a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end a standoff with North Korea over nuclear weapons, according to South Korea's president.
* Moon Jae-in said Monday: "President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize. What we need is only peace."
* Trump threatened war with North Korea several times and pushed harsh sanctions on the country after its nuclear and missile tests.
* Moon thinks that hardline move could have tipped the balance toward a deal.

President Donald Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the standoff with North Korea over its nuclear-weapons program, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Monday.

"President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize. What we need is only peace," Moon told a cabinet meeting, according to a media release.

Moon met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday, where the pair pledged to end hostilities and work toward the "complete denuclearization" at the first inter-Korean summit since 2007.

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Update #1: Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize, says South Korea's Moon -- CNBC
Update #2: Trump Should Get Nobel Prize, South Korean Leader Says -- Wall Street Journal

WNU Editor: As I had mentioned in a previous post .... it is waaaayyyy too early to think about who gets a Nobel Prize or not. But the South Korean President's remarks does tell me one thing .... behind the scenes President Trump probably played a far greater role in getting North Korea to the negotiating table than what we have been told. Afterall .... President Moon did try last year to get Kim Jong-Un to the negotiating table, and he failed miserably. It was only when the White House made it a priority at the end of 2017 to push for the imposition of real and serious sanctions that North Korea responded to President Moon's invitation to the Olympics .... thereby leading to last week's summit. As to my own personal opinion ... if everything does work out and the process of reconciliation and peace on the Korean peninsula does occur .... the Nobel Peace Prize sould be given to Trump, Xi, Moon, and Kim.

Does President Trump Deserve A Noblel Peace Prize?

NYMag: The Campaign for Donald Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize Has Begun

On Friday, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and South Korean president Moon Jae-in came together for a historic meeting that resulted in a once-unimaginable pledge: The two nations will work to officially end the Korean War and denuclearize the peninsula.

Who deserves credit for this momentous meeting and the push toward peace? Donald Trump, says South Korean foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha. “He’s been determined to come to grips with this from day one,” she recently told CNN.

And he may soon have a Nobel Peace Prize to show for it. Trump and Kim are currently the favorites to win the prize, according to one British oddsmaker, and some of Trump’s aides are telling reporters that a lasting thaw between North and South Korea should win Trump the award.

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WNU Editor: Some are saying that President Trump deserves more an Oscar rather than a Nobel Prize. What's my take .... waaayyyy too early to make any predictions.

More News On Speculation that President Trump May Receive A Noble Peace Prize For His Policies And Efforts On North Korea

WATCH: Trump supporters demand Nobel Peace Prize for US President as North Korea makes new concession -- International Business Times
A Nobel Prize for Trump and Kim Is No Joke -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
Is Donald Trump set to win a Nobel Peace Prize? -- Nick O'Malley, Sydney Morning Herald
Could Trump Win The Nobel Peace Prize? Peace in Korean Peninsula Would Be Significant Foreign Policy Achievement -- Newsweek
Support Is Mounting on the Right for Trump to Win the Nobel Peace Prize -- Hannah Levintova, Mother Jones

Nobel Peace Prize Winner ICAN Warns That Nuclear War Is Only 'A Tantrum Away'

Time: 'We Can Take Them Apart.' ICAN Chief Beatrice Fihn Accepts Nobel Peace Prize for Group's Work to Ban Nuclear Weapons

When Beatrice Fihn received a call on Oct. 6 informing the 35-year-old Swede that her group, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, she suspected a possible prank. Not that you should blame her—ICAN is just 10 years old, and the group’s aims can seem positively fanciful: the complete elimination of the world’s roughly 15,000 nuclear warheads. But that call from the Norwegian Nobel Committee was real, and so is Fihn’s goal—which may be less quixotic than it seems.

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More News On The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Accepting Their Nobel Prize In Oslo Today

Nobel Peace Prize winners warn nuclear war is 'a tantrum away' -- AFP
Nobel Peace Prize winner Ican warns nuclear war 'a tantrum away' -- BBC
Nobel Peace laureates: Nuclear war is 'one tantrum away' -- USA Today/Deutsche Welle
Nobel Peace Prize Winners Urge Nuclear Powers to Sign UN Treaty -- VOA
Nobel Peace Laureate Group Urges Nuclear Powers to Adopt Ban-The-Bomb Treaty -- US News and World Report/Reuters

Nobel Peace Prize Awarded To The 'International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons'

New York Times: Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Group Opposing Nuclear Weapons

In a year when threats from nuclear weapons seemed to draw closer, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on Friday to an advocacy group behind the first treaty to prohibit them.

The group, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, a Geneva-based coalition of disarmament activists, was honored for its efforts to advance the negotiations that led to the treaty, which was reached in July at the United Nations.

“The organization is receiving the award for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its groundbreaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said in a statement.

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More News On The Nobel Peace Prize Being Awarded To The 'International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons'

Nobel peace prize 2017: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons wins award – as it happened -- The Guardian
The Nobel Peace Prize for an anti-nuclear weapons group probably won't please the US -- Washington Post
Anti-nuclear campaign group wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize -- Reuters
Anti-nuclear weapons group ICAN wins Nobel Peace Prize -- BBC News
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to anti-nuclear weapons campaigners -- CNN
2017 Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons -- NBC
5 Reasons Why ICAN Won the Nobel Peace Prize -- TIME
The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize winner is the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons -- Quartz

Nobel Peace Prize Awarded To Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos

Reuters: In boost for faltering process, Colombia's Santos wins Nobel Peace Prize

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to end a 52-year-old war with Marxist rebels, a surprise choice and a show of support after Colombians rejected a peace accord last Sunday.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee said Santos had brought one of the longest civil wars in modern history significantly closer to a peaceful solution, but there was still a danger the peace process could collapse.

The award excluded FARC guerrilla leader Rodrigo Londono, better known by his nom de guerre Timochenko, who signed the peace accord with Santos in Cartagena on Sept. 26.

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More News On Nobel Peace Prize Awarded To Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos

Nobel peace prize 2016: committee say award is 'tribute to the Colombian people' - live -- The Guardian
Colombian leader Juan Manuel Santos wins Nobel Peace Prize -- AP
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos wins Nobel Peace Prize -- AFP
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos awarded Nobel Peace Prize for bid to end half-century conflict -- Washington Post
Nobel Peace Prize for Colombia's Juan Manuel Santos -- BBC
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos -- CNN
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Colombian President Santos -- Bloomberg
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Colombian President Santos for FARC deal -- RT
AP EXPLAINS: How Colombia's conflict evolved over decades -- AP
5 Things to Know About Nobel Peace Prize Winner Juan Manuel Santos -- Time

A List Of Nobel Peace Prize Winners Throughout History

New York Times: Nobel Peace Prize Winners Throughout History

Alfred Nobel’s 1895 will established a prize for “the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.” The prize was first awarded in 1901.

One person, the Vietnamese diplomat Le Duc Tho, has declined the prize. Three winners — the German pacifist and journalist Carl von Ossietzky, the Burmese politician Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo — were under arrest at the time of the award. There has been one posthumous prize, in 1961, to the United Nations secretary general, Dag Hammarskjold, who died in a plane crash that year.

WNU Editor: I groaned when Mikhail Gorbachev was awarded the prize in 1990. The person who should have been awarded that prize (or at least with Gorbachev) was President Reagan .... but I guess for the Nobel Committee that was a bridge too far. Another person who should have been awarded the prize was John Paul II and the significant role that he played in bringing down the Communist regimes in eastern Europe .... again .... I guess his conservative religious beliefs was something that the Nobel Committee could not digest.

Nobel Peace Prize Has Been Awarded To Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet

Daily Mail: Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet for its role in building democracy after the Jasmine Revolution in 2011

* Panel said group established a 'peaceful political process when country was on the brink of civil war'
* Quartet member Houcine Abassi said he was 'overwhelmed' by the award
* Nobel panel hopes £630k award will encourage other nations to follow suit
* Favourites had included Angela Merkel for her open-door migrant policies
* Others were Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, those behind U.S.-Iran nuke deal

* The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet for its role in building democracy after the 2011 revolution which sparked the Arab Spring.
* The Nobel panel praised the group's 'decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia' in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011.
* 'It established an alternative, peaceful political process at a time when the country was on the brink of civil war,' the committee said in its citation.
* The prize is a huge victory for small Tunisia, whose young and still shaky democracy suffered two extremist attacks this year that killed 60 people and devastated the tourism industry.

More News On The Nobel Peace Prize Being Awarded To Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet

Nobel peace prize 2015 goes to Tunisian civil society groups – live updates -- The Guardian
Nobel Peace Prize for Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet -- BBC
Tunisian mediator group wins Nobel Peace Prize for aiding move to democracy -- Reuters
Nobel Peace Prize Is Awarded to National Dialogue Quartet in Tunisia -- NYT
Tunisian national dialogue quartet wins 2015 Nobel peace prize -- The Guardian
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet -- WSJ
Boost for Arab Spring: Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet wins Nobel Peace Prize -- CNN
Tunisian group wins Nobel Peace Prize -- Washington Post
Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet wins Nobel Peace Prize -- USA Today
'We Did It Together,' Says Tunisian Co-Winner Of 2015 Nobel Peace Prize -- NPR
Nobel Peace Prize given to Tunisian democracy dialogue group -- The Hill
Nobel Peace Prize for Tunisian democracy group -- Al Jazeera
Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet wins 2015 Nobel Peace Prize -- TASS
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Tunisian national dialogue quartet -- RT
Nobel Peace Prize: Who Are the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet? -- NBC
The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize winner, explained -- VOX
What to Know About the Group That Won the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize -- Time

Who Deserves This Year's Nobel Peace Prize?

Reuters: Pope Francis, anti-nuclear activists among Nobel Peace Prize contenders

Pope Francis and a line-up of anti-nuclear campaigners headed lists of favorites to win the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize on the eve of Friday's announcement.

The Geneva-based International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) was named as a leading contender for the $972,000 prize by Norway's state broadcaster NRK and by Nobeliana, a website run by historians who specialize in tracking the award.

NRK said Pope Francis' opposition to nuclear weapons boosted his chances, alongside his help in brokering a deal between the United States and Cuba, and his encyclical on climate change. Nobeliana mentioned his calls for social justice.

Update #1: Merkel, Zerai, Pope Francis all in Nobel Peace Prize buzz -- AP
Update #2: Nobel 101: How does the Peace Prize get picked? -- Michael Holtz, CSM

WNU Editor: Who will be this year's recipient? We will know the answer this Friday morning. Who in my opinion deserves the prize .... sighhhh .... no one appeals to me.

A Nobel Peace Prize For U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry And Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif?

Accolade: Barack Obama accepts the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo December 2009

Washington Free Beacon: Nobel Prize Rumors Put Focus On Kerry-Iran Coziness

Secretary of state’s legacy increasingly linked to Iranian regime fortunes.

Growing speculation that John Kerry will receive a Nobel Peace Prize for finalizing the Iranian nuclear deal is generating renewed criticism of his close relationship with the Iranian foreign minister, Javad Zarif, a key public face for the theocratic regime who is rumored to be a probable co-recipient with Kerry.

Rumors have been circulating for months that Kerry and Zarif will be co-selected for the prize. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, a leading Swedish think-tank, recommended in July that the two be selected for the Nobel in 2016.

WNU Editor: Do they deserve this recognition .... no. The Nobel website is here, and this year's Nobel peace prize will be announced on October 9, 2015.