This year's Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo. Known as hibakusha, this organization is a Japanese organization representing survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
On Friday (October 11) at 11 am local time (3 pm Bangladesh time), the Nobel Institute in Oslo, capital of Norway, announced the name of the winner.
In a statement, the Nobel committee said, "Nihon Hidankyo is a human rights organization in Japan representing survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The organization is also known as hibakusha. The award was given to the organization in recognition of its efforts to ensure that the world must never use nuclear weapons again and to build a world free of nuclear weapons.
All information about the award announcement can be seen directly on the Nobel Prize website. All announcements of this year's Nobel Prizes will be broadcast live on nobelprize.org and the Nobel Prize Committee's YouTube channel.
The Norwegian Nobel Institute registered a total of 286 candidates for this year's peace prize, including 197 individuals and 89 organizations.
Earlier on Friday (October 10), South Korean writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
According to tradition, the names of Nobel Prize winners in medicine are announced on October 7, the first Monday of October.
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