Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Committee Is Doing Better
By David Swanson The committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize was right not to give the prize to Greta Thunberg, who deserves the highest prizes available, but not one created to fund the work of abolishing war and militaries. That cause ought to be central to the work of… »
Abiy Ahmed has won the Nobel Peace Prize: but big challenges still await Ethiopia
Mohammed Girma, University of Pretoria for The Conversation Abiy Ahmed, the Ethiopian Prime Minister, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. He becomes the 100th Nobel Peace Prize winner, and the first Ethiopian to receive the accolade. Abiy is the 12th winner from Africa to be awarded the… »
Mairead Maguire Nominates Julian Assange for Nobel Peace Prize
Mairead Maguire, has today written to the Nobel Peace Prize Committee in Oslo to nominate Julian Assange, Editor-in-Chief of Wikileaks, for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. In her letter to the Nobel Peace Committee, Ms. Maguire said: “Julian Assange and his colleagues in Wikileaks have shown on numerous occasions that… »
Campaign to award the Nobel Peace Prize 2019 to the town of Riace, Italy
In Italy, a network of civil society organizations, NGOs and local authorities is promoting a campaign to award the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize to Riace. This small town in the south, poor and depopulated due to emigration and lack of work, has been reborn thanks to an innovative model of… »
2018 Nobel Peace Prize highlights need to prevent rape as a weapon of war
In their talks at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremonies in Oslo on 10 December 2018, the co-laureates, Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege urged concerted global action to stop rape and sexual violence as weapons of war. Dr Denis Mukwege has become an eloquent spokesperson… »
Eve Ensler: Nobel Peace Prize for Mukwege & Murad Is an Award for Every Rape Survivor in the World
After a landmark year for the “Me Too” movement, which ignited an international conversation on sexual assault, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday morning to two champions of women’s rights who have built their careers fighting sexual violence: physician Denis Mukwege and human rights activist Nadia Murad. Dr. Denis… »
Pressenza NYC News-show about the Nuclear Divestment Campaign
Panel with Anthony Donovan, Director of the documentary ”Good Thinking;” Ray Acheson, Director of Reaching Critical Will; and Susi Snyder, of Don’t Bank on the Bomb. Hosted by David Andersson, Pressenza NYC. We discussed the campaign in the US, including updates on what’s going… »
Face 2 Face with Anthony Donovan
On this show we speak with Anthony Donovan, director of the documentary Good Thinking (Those Who’ve Tried to Halt Nuclear Weapons). We discuss the present moment and recent good news concerning nuclear disarmament, such as ICAN receiving the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize, the possible reunification of North and South Korea,… »
The Politics of Nobel Peace Prize
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali A group of 18 GOP lawmakers led by Rep. Luke Messer of Indiana, have formally nominated President Donald Trump for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for his work toward peace in the Korean Peninsula. The nomination letter states that President Trump has worked “tirelessly to apply… »
Help funding a film on the 86 year-old Survivor of Hiroshima, Nobel Laureate
Setsuko Thurlow has become the world’s most powerful voice describing the atrocities and human consequences of an atomic bomb explosion. After surviving that horrific devastation, she committed her life to ridding the world of nuclear weapons for all of us. A small group of film-makers have followed Setsuko for… »
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
