Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian Memorial Group and the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties were the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize 2022.
As announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, this year’s winners “represent civil society in their countries of origin” and “have for many years promoted the right to criticize the power Y protect fundamental rights of the citizen “.
In addition, according to the Nobel Committee, “they have made an extraordinary effort to document war crimesviolations of human rights and abuse of power ”.
The week of the Nobel Prize announcement began on Monday with Swedish scientist Svante Paabo winning the Medicine Award for uncovering the secrets of Neanderthal DNA that provided valuable insights into our immune system.
Frenchman Alain Aspect, American John F. Clauser and Austrian Anton Zeilinger won the physics award on Tuesday for their work which showed that tiny particles can maintain a connection with each other even when separated, a phenomenon known as entanglement. quantum.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded Wednesday to Americans Carolyn R. Bertozzi and K. Barry Sharpless and to Danish scientist Morten Meldal for developing a way to “hook molecules together” that can be used to explore cells, map the DNA and designing drugs to fight cancer and other diseases.
French writer Annie Ernaux won the Nobel Prize for literature on Thursday. The economy award will be announced on Monday.
The prizes will be awarded on 10 December on the occasion of a gala evening. The money comes from a fund set up by the creator of the prize, the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, who died in 1895.
Source: Clarin
