The winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize from Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine shared their visions of a fairer world and denounced President Putin’s war in Ukraine during Saturday’s award ceremony.
Oleksandra Matviichuk of Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties dismissed calls for a political compromise that would allow Russia to retain some of the, saying that “fighting for peace does not mean yielding to pressure of the aggressor, it means protecting people from its cruelty.”
“We have to prove that the rule of law does work, and justice does exist, even if they are delayed,” she said. “In my homeland, the entirety of Belarus is in a prison,” Bialiatski said in the remarks delivered by Pinchuk — in reference to a sweeping crackdown on the opposition after massive protests against anthat Lukashenko used to extend his rule. “This award belongs to all my human rights defender friends, all civic activists, tens of thousands of Belarusians who have gone through beatings, torture, arrests, prison.
“I know exactly what kind of Ukraine would suit Russia and Putin — a dependent dictatorship,” he said. “The same as today’s Belarus, where the voice of the oppressed people is ignored and disregarded.”The triple peace prize award was seen as a strong rebuke to Putin, not only for his action in Ukraine but for the Kremlin’s crackdown on domestic opposition and its support for Lukashenko’s brutal repression of dissenters.
He particularly denounced the Kremlin’s attempts to denigrate the history, statehood and independence of Ukraine and other ex-Soviet nations, saying that it “became the ideological justification for the insane and criminal war of aggression against Ukraine.”
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Nobel Peace Prize winners blast Putin's invasion of UkraineThe winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus have shared their visions of a fairer world during an award ceremony and denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.
Read more »
Nobel Peace Prize winners blast Putin’s invasion of UkraineThe winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine shared their visions of a fairer world and denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine during Saturday’s award ceremony.
Read more »
Nobel Peace Prize winners blast Putin's invasion of UkraineThe winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine shared their visions of a fairer world and denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine during Saturday’s award ceremony. Oleksandra Matviichuk of Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties dismissed calls for a political compromise that would allow Russia to retain some of the illegally annexed Ukrainian territories, saying that “fighting for peace does not mean yielding to pressure of the aggressor, it means protecting people from its cruelty.”
Read more »
Russian Nobel Peace laureate slams Putin's 'insane and criminal war' on Ukraine | CNNRussian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Yan Rachinsky blasted President Vladimir Putin's 'insane and criminal' war on Ukraine in his acceptance speech in the Norwegian capital Oslo on Saturday.
Read more »
Russian Nobel Peace winner Yan Rachinsky calls Ukraine war 'insane and criminal'Russian Nobel Peace laureate Yan Rachinsky called Russia's war on Ukraine 'insane and criminal' in his acceptance speech in Oslo, Norway, on Saturday, CNN reports.
Read more »