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The Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement led by atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, commonly known as Hibakusha, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
“Hibakusha receives the Peace Prize for its commitment to achieving a nuclear-free world and for sharing their witness testimony to underscore that nuclear weapons must never be used again,” said the Norwegian Nobel Committee in its official statement.
These survivors of the only two nuclear attacks in history have devoted their lives to advocating for a world without nuclear arms.
“The Hibakusha help us articulate the indescribable, confront the unthinkable, and begin to comprehend the immense pain and suffering caused by nuclear weapons,” the committee added.
The Nobel Peace Prize, valued at 11 million Swedish crowns (around $1 million), is set to be awarded in Oslo on December 10, commemorating the death of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish industrialist who established the prizes in his 1895 will.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has often highlighted nuclear disarmament, previously awarding the 2017 Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).
