A photo taken at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway shows replicas of the obverse and reverse of the Nobel Peace Prize medal.
The Japanese grass roots group Nihon Hidankyo, comprised of survivors of Second World War atomic bombings, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Friday.A photo taken at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo shows replicas of the Nobel Peace Prize medal. On Friday, the prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of atomic bomb survivors.
"Hibakusha is receiving the Peace Prize for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said in its citation.
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