this year, the nobel committee awarded it to two human rights organizations in the ukrainian center for civil liberties and to the russian memorial liquidated by a court decision, as well as to a belarusian human rights defender it is spring for the founder of the center, alesi beletsky, who is currently imprisoned by the lukashenko regime. this year's decision of the committee caused an ambiguous reaction , primarily in ukrainian society, because the award was divided between representatives of russia, which is waging a full-scale war against ukraine, and belarus, which, from february 24, became one of the springboards for russian aggression in the nobel committee is indicated quote laureates of the 2022 nobel peace prize represent civil society in their countries and that they have for many years advocated the right to criticize the government and protect the basic rights of citizens. last year, the nobel peace prize laureates were the editor-in-chief of the russian novaya gazeta, dmytro muratov, and the filipino journalist maria resse. when the full-scale invasion of ukraine began, the russian novay

oslo today the nobel peace prize was awarded from among the laureates ukrainian human rights defenders the center for civil liberties for ukraine this nobel laureate's debut despite the success, not everyone was happy for him because the prize had to be shared with russians and belarusians, many ukrainians protested when the winners were announced in october, however, in the committee the prizes insisted on their choice, how the ceremony went, what the nobel laureates asked for from the stage and whose words the king of norway applauded standing up, anna basova of the oslo city hall will tell one by one summer cars also drive off from the passenger seats, people are dropped off near the red carpet that leads inside among the vips, the king of norway the fifth guarantor with his son and daughter-in-law, the royal family, mandatory guests at the nobel peace prize ceremony , this is the only one of the awards whose laureates are chosen and is not celebrated in sweden, although this is a regular event , but this year the circumstances are really dramatic, because a brutal war is going on in ukraine, and authoritarian re

no longer exists awarded the nobel peace prize among three laureates ukrainian oleksandra matviychuk from the center for civil libertiesshe shared her award with belarusian a. lisey bliatskyi, who is currently behind bars, and russian yan rachynskyi from the memorial organization , during her speech, the head of the ukrainian center for civil liberties stated that this year at the nobel the peace prize was awaited by all of ukraine, we regard it as a recognition of the efforts of the entire ukrainian people who bravely stood up against attempts to destroy the peaceful development of europe and as a mark of the importance of the work of human rights defenders in preventing a military threat around the world, we are proud that today for the first time the ukrainian language will be heard at the official ceremony. and i want to remind you that we continue to collect funds for an unmanned aerial vehicle for the military with a combined tactical group adam group commander yevhen mezhevikin hero of ukraine - the legendary cyberg , the military took part in the liberation of kyiv region , conquered ukrainian lands in zaporizh

thank you very much for your opinion of the expert center for civil liberties, mykhailo sava . thank you again. the head of the ukrainianor civil liberties, oleksandra matviychuk, the wife of the belarusian activist oles bliatskyi, who is currently behind bars, and the representative of the russian human rights center, the memorial jan , were awarded the peace prize rachinsky and in the past almost 10 months since russian soldiers invaded ukraine, despite a significant advantage at the beginning of the forced mobilization announced later, the russians have suffered several painful defeats and have not achieved any goal in this war. putin insists everything is going according to plan, but there is more and more evidence that many russians refuse to fight with the muscovites, our editor rozumberg spoke with military personnel and their relatives, as well as met with activists to hear how the russian repressive machine forces people to go to war and what does it do to those who refuse to go there, the official line of the kremlin is that russians believe that the war in ukraine is a noble cause and they are ready to die fo

among the laureates, the ukrainian center for civil liberties and also the russian memorial organizationnter for civil liberties, said in a speech at this moment in history ukraine's only way to ensure a just and lasting peace is to fight. previously, together with representatives of other human rights organizations, she called for the creation of an international tribunal for the kremlin dictator putin. the four-month-old kitten was rescued by patrolmen and rescuers in zaporizhzhia. it fell from the fifth floor and miraculously caught on something a few meters below and in the end , they ended up on the open balcony of the third floor , the pet's owner, confused, called the patrolmen, who found out where the kitten had gone in the apartment no one has been living there for several years, so in regards to the rescue, the firemen were involved, the rescuers climbed the mountain with a ladder, took the mustache and gave it to a happy man, who told al and this is the name of the 1-year-old, he found it very small, extremely neglected, he sheltered it when the kitten fell, he was very worrie

during her speech, the head of the ukrainian center for civil liberties stated that this year, the wholeaiting for the nobel peace prize. spoke out against attempts to destroy the peaceful development of europe and as a celebration of the importance of the work of human rights defenders in the prevention of military threats throughout the world, we we are proud that today for the first time the ukrainian language will be heard at the official ceremony americans rejoice at the victory of their team over argentina in the world cup of football today the moroccan team unexpectedly beat portugal and became the first african team in the history of the world cup to reach the semi-finals of the world cup the only goal was scored by youssef anniseri, the score was 1:0 moroccans celebrate loudly with salutes meanwhile, we continue to collect funds for an unmanned aerial vehicle for the military from the yesvd tactical group adam group commander yevhen mezhevikin is a hero of ukraine, a legendary cyborg , the military took part in the liberation of kyiv oblast, recaptured ukrainian lands in zaporoz

staff under jesus of the international tribunal for russia of the putin regime, the ukrainian center for civil libertiesemands its head, oleksandra matviychuk, in an interview with radio svoboda, stated that the trial is similar to the nurger trial should take place even before the end of the russian aggression, for this we need the support of two-thirds of the members of the un general assembly, this does not have votes yet, says medvedchuk, but the countries are gradually coming to terms with the idea of ​​organizing a court, why do we place justice on the strength of putin's regime, it is necessary to create a tribunal now and bring putin lukashenko and other russian war criminals to justice. actually, there are positive dynamics here, but it is a long process of persuasion. oleksandra matviychuk gave this interview on the eve the awarding of the nobel peace prize, this prize is given for a significant contribution to the field of strengthening peace. this prize is one of the six prizes founded by the famous swedish scientist and philanthropist alfred is new to this. that 's all for me so far. well,

equipment that will counter the drones of the international tribunal for russia, the ukrainian center for civil libertiesutin regime, its leader oleksandra matviychuk, in an interview with radio svoboda , stated that a trial similar to the nuremberg trial should take place even before the end of russian aggression; for this, the support of two-thirds of the members of the un general assembly is needed, this does not yet have votes, says matviychuk one country is gradually getting attached to the idea of ​​organizing a court, for which we put justice, dependence on the strength of the putin regime, it is necessary to create a tribunal now. to bring putin lukashenka and other russian war criminals to justice. actually, there are positive dynamics here, but it is a long process of persuasion. oleksandr matviichuk gave this interview on the eve of the nobel peace prize award. prizes founded by the famous swedish scientist and philanthropist alfred nobel, served, protected, restored peace and security to the occupied part of ukraine in cherkasy, said goodbye to law enforcement officers who died in kherson reg

previously sent malicious files on behalf of the state special communications the ukrainian center for civil libertiesernational tribunal for russia and the putin regime be held by its head oleksandra matviychuk in a radio interview svoboda stated that a trial similar to the nuremberg trial should take place even before the end of russian aggression, for this, the support of two-thirds of the members of the un general assembly is needed, this vote is not yet available - says matviychuk, but countries are gradually coming to terms with the idea of ​​organizing a trial, for which we place justice depending on the strength of putin's regime it is necessary to create a tribunal now and bring putin lukashenko and other russian war criminals to justice. actually, there are positive dynamics here, but it is a long the process of persuasion oleksandra matviychuk gave this interview before the birthday of the awarding of the nobel peace prize, this award is given for a significant contribution to the field of peacebuilding and the award is one of the six awards founded by the famous swedish scientist and phila

alice b elliot keeps the russian organisation memorial am ukrainian center for civil liberties. the norwegian nobel committee says the recipients made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human rights abuses and the abuse of power. and al jazeera is at the ceremony and also will be speaking with the prize, lori it's, and their representatives join us for the nobel interview. that's at 1600 a g m t to the news. now in place of ended a suspected hostage taking in the german city of dresden, a shopping mall and christmas market in the city center were evacuated. please say to people involved in the hostage situation in their care and on injuries. tainer is through the will comp, semi final answer can be 3 over the netherlands and, and tennis shoes house was to all the extra time i contain. and we'll say probation in the last fall after they want to mit favorite prison and saturdays, quote. a line election includes the all european match up between england and france at 19 gmc and albert stadium. the winner will advance to a semi final against either morocco or portugal bac

bell, russian activists, alice b elliot ski, the russian organisation memorial em ukrainian center for civil liberties. the norwegian at nobel committee says the recipients made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human rights abuses and the abuse of power.

no, i am not leading because just the day before, our ukrainian human rights organization, the center for civil liberties, received the nobel peace prize, with which we congratulate the entire ukrainian people, but the prize is still we understand individually. so this is a specific organization. well, accordingly, mr. vyacheslav, we would like to ask you about the action plan of this center for civil liberties of the ukrainian organization of the nobel laureate for the next 23rd year. there is certainly a lot of work ahead and it is difficult to try to outline the entire spectrum, it still needs to be done but what is probably most important now at this stage is the continuation of our work on documenting war crimes, crimes against humanity, violations of international humanitarian law to form a sufficient evidence base for the future prosecution of war criminals from the occupying ukraine is, on the one hand, and on the other hand, lobbying from the efforts of the international community to create a legal mechanism that will make prosecution possible, this is an extremely difficult task; currently, in

in touch, and the links do not yet signal to well, i would certainly note that the center for civil liberties, a ukrainianuman rights organization, was founded in 2007 . now , in fact, in the conditions of the constant aggression of the russian federation and violations of human rights, the center for civil liberties continues to play an extremely important role, for which it deservedly received this year the nobel peace prize and we are in touch with grief can once again introduce our guests with us he is an expert in the center of community malts we welcome you friends good day good day mr. mykhailo you know me by the way i apologize very important information how about me now e- i will quote it, it is not related to the protection of human rights there, but oh, i can’t open it now, i opened it. turkey warned of aggression that a rocket could hit the greek capital . politics, politics, american, now we have started to produce our own missiles, the president of turkey , rezhip and his perdugan, said during a visit on sunday to samsund , in the north of turkey. this rocket rhetoric reminds me of a threat,

for solidarity. you don't have to be ukrainian to support ukraine. it is enough just to be humans. amy: that was oleksandra matviichuk, the head of the center for civil libertiesukraine which received the nobel peace prize on saturday. the russian human rights group memorial also won the nobel peace prize. this is a human rights activists . >> memorials human rights of his work has included the search for the missing investigation of extrajudicial executions and reporting on forced disappearances. it has included years for help treat refugees and forcibly displaced due to these conflicts. memorial has been carrying out the monitoring of political repression and legal assistance for political prisoners. today the number of political prisoners on russia are more than the total number and all of the soviet union at the beginning of the period of the 1980's. the struggle for freedom has continued since the soviet regime. here the past and the present come together. the soviet empire come in had tems by people to fight for national independence or simply manifest a national consciousness that did not fit the soviet union dog network nationalism and brutally suppres

y: otherinners of e 2022 right lilihood awas included the ukrainian group center for civil liberties led by oleksandra matviichuk, the nezuelan clective cesesola, anthe uganda africa instute for ergy governance. visit democracynow.org to watch the right livelihood awards ceremony. and today marks world aids day. unaids is calling for a renewed push to combat the hiv virus after the world turned its focus to covd-19 and other global crises over recent years. 1.5 million new hiv inctio were recorded in 2021 -- 1 million more than the global target of half a million -- with an eimated death toll of 650,000. unaids also reports dangerous inequalities persist with girls and young women especially at risk. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. for the first time in nearly 30 years, a federal jury has convicted two defendants of seditious conspiracy -- the crime of conspiring to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the government of the united states. jurors in washington, d.c., on tuesday found oath

in oslo today awarded the nobel peace prize from among the laureates, ukrainian human rights defenders, the center for civil libertiesaine. this nobel prize is the debut. despite the success, not everyone was happy for him, because the prize had to be shared with the russians and belarusians. many ukrainians protested when the winners were announced in october, however the award committee insisted on their choice, how the ceremony went, what was asked from the stage to the nobel laureate and whose words the king of norway applauded standing up, anna will tell basova sleep king of norway garant the fifth with his son and daughter-in-law on

for suspected war crimes on ukrainian territory. has there been a fundamental shift of focus? the center for civil liberties 15 years�* fight for human rights and human dignity, and when circumstances changed, we worked very flexibly to be effective in the new world which emerged. so when russia started this war in 2014, we was the first human rights organisation who sent mobile groups to crimea, to luhansk and donetsk regions to document war crimes. and we have done it for eight years. i have personally interviewed more than 100 people who survived captivity, and they told me horrible stories, how they were beaten, how they were raped, how their fingers were cut, how their nails were torn away, how their nails were drilled, how they were tortured with electricity. and the horror of the situation is that after a large—scale invasion, this practice is multiplied to another region where russians are present for current moment. how do you, as one organisation which struggles for resources, how do you begin to cope with your... ..determined search for accountability and justice? how do you do it? we united our

business look like, trying to prepare to be useful ukrainians in the event of a difficult situation, the representative of the center for civil liberties three nobel peace prize laureates, called to create an international tribunal for putin lukashenka and other war criminals responsible for him in ukraine oleksandra matviychuk made such a statement in oslo on the eve of the award ceremony scheduled for december 10 in the capital of norway, the head of the russian memorial organization jan also participated in the press conference rachynskyi and the wife of the imprisoned belarusian human rights defender and lesya beletskyi, it is very difficult to predict the future, but i am sure that the success of ukraine will be a chance for a democratic future for russia itself, as well as for other countries in our region, where freedom is limited to the size of a prison cell, and the united states approved a new aid package for ukraine worth 275 million dollars, according to reuters journalists who have read the document, it is in particular about sending to kyiv means to combat drones and strengthening ukrainian air defense, the next package o

ukrainian cities, about critical infrastructure, lack of light, heat, water that is, this pasha service is fully operational in these difficult conditions . oleksandra matviychuk and her center for civil liberties received from the civil society of ukraine, this center has just received the nobel peace prize is also awarded to them, and they are involved in the documentation of russian war crimes. during this war, matviychuk also called for the event that there should be a tribunal for the war crimes committed by the russian army . crimes as well as those who gave orders and the political command and political leadership of russia from also received an award uh here in strasbourg and the mayor of melitopol ivan fedorov this city by the way 150,000 before the war in the zaporizhzhia region it was occupied literally on the first day of the war and he spent 5 days in russian captivity, and then when the people of melitopol actively protested, several thousand people came out in melitopol, the russians had to hand him over and ivan fedorov was released he just represented here the occupied territories and the occupied territories of ukraine were also representatives of the yellow ribbon movement -

center for civil liberties. let me start with you. as a human wide defender, do you feel now? i new sense of responsibility with this peace prize, and is this a vindication for the ukrainian people? exactly. this number, the best price as the recognition on the efforts of the whole ukrainian nation who bravely struggle for freedom and for our democratic choice. and this is a huge responsibility because this is a number of pest pros during the war and you're in the very belie devora. before for decades the voice of humor, as defenders from our region wasn't heard. so it's provide us as a unique opportunity. john rosin ski from memorial. you were in court. i believe when you found out that you had won this award fighting to keep hold of your organization's headquarters. what does this award mean for an organization that's now banned in russia? louisiana albin addition is known to band that there are due to organizations the international memorial and also the human rights cent memory. als will have been disbanded and band, but we have an association of independent organization to do so. we used to have hundreds of thousands of people in mobile comprised of those to day. there are

is a lawyer, she has been the head of the center for civil liberties for 15 years, actually saying and continuing, as the bbc says, the activities of ukrainianssidents in the 60s and protecting people's rights, tara is definitely also on this list, she not so long ago won the vincent prize for and received a lot of different prizes in general. when she got out of captivity, she m- m explains a lot abroad, er, our position, the position of ukraine, as it seems to me, she knows how to find very good, er, effective arguments for that well, of course, for all these conclusions and of course there is a mention of captivity in the bbc, she also got into this hundred a-a list bbc yuliya saichuk there is also a defender of the rights of people with disabilities. actually, she is on this list so that you can simply compare with who our ukrainian women are. for example, there is billie eilish . much more because, well , in the beginning, they did not take her so seriously. but, as with any staff phenomenon, but later they realized that this is a very unusual person and a person who does not just make some hits together with his brother, but a person w

ukrainian human rights organization that was jointly awarded this year's nobel peace prize has called on nations to set up a tribunal to try president putin for the war in ukraine. a member of the center for civil libertiese is confident that the russian leader will stand trial sooner or later. gunmen in northern nigeria have abducted the family of a local member of parliament. people say that the kidnappers broke into the home of the politician during the night and seized his wife and children. the iranian president said his government will continue operations against protesters one day after the first execution over thnationwide antigovernment unrest. their dedication trial and punishment of the perpetrators would be pursued with determination. now a rare malayan species related to the horse and the rhinoceros has been born at chester zoo. theemale calf weighed nine kilograms and has a unique coat of spots and strip. the zoom says the arrival is significant as they are only 2500 remaining across southeast asia. the numbers have halved in the last 40 years. just a reminder of the top story, croatia is through to the semifinals of the football world cup, beating brazil in a penalty shootout. is the secon

for supporting the ukrainian view of the world with us my name is anna valevska ihor shuchurynte will now join the information and analytical marathon in full swing we are joining volodymyr yavorsky center of civil libertiests the expert of this center mr. volodymyrivna good health let 's talk with you at the beginning about the visit of the commissioner of the united nations organization man, he came to us for a four-day visit, what does it mean, what does it mean to expect extremely fast results from him, it is difficult to expect , but he is interested in two things, that is the preservation of democracy in ukraine, because there are certain trends and negative and positive, and on the other hand, he is interested in everything after all, it is russia's responsibility how to realistically make it so that the majority of these people who committed international crimes and the very top of the russian federation still bear responsibility because he understands very well , in fact, everything that is happening in ukraine. the question is so how can we do it so that russia really answers for what it is doing? and what meetings are planned for him here? and what specific practical gains will be made based on

ukrainian human rights organisation that was jointly awarded this year's nobel peace prize has called on nations to set up an international tribunal to try president putin for the war in ukraine. 0leksandra matviichuk of the center for civil libertiesld stand trial sooner or later. gunmen in northern nigeria have abducted the family of a local member of parliament in the state of zamfara. people in the town of jangebe say the kidnappers broke into the home of the politician, aminu yusuf ardo, during the night and seized his wife and four children. the iranian president has said his government will continue its operations against protesters, a day after the first execution over the nationwide anti—government unrest. ebrahim raisi said the identification, trial and punishment of the perpetrators would be pursued with determination. one of russia's most prominent opposition politicians has been sentenced to eight— and—a—half years imprisonment. ilya yashin was found guilty of spreading what the authorities claim is false information about the war in ukraine. he had used his youtube channel in april to discuss evidence of atrocities committed by russian troops in bucha, near the ukrainian capital, kyiv. he also cast doubt on moscow's o

ukrainian soldiers awards. he said the country deserve to gain victory and deserved to gain justice. and one of the organizations helping ukraine achieve justice is the center for civil libertiesill receive the nobel peace prize in oslo, norway. its head, i spoke with her sometime ago and asked her why a human rights lawyer, a nobel peace prize recipient is calling for more weapons. >> i have been applying the law to defend people for many years, but now, and other ukrainian human rights defenders are doing our job and the circumstances when the law does not work in the whole united nations system is enabled to stop russian atrocities. we have no legal instrument to release one single person from captivity, so the truth is if we want totop torture in the occupied territories and we need weapons to liberate them. >> iso russian torture chambers in ukraine. russians had left behind the wire they used to strangle ukrainians, the electricity through the used to torch ukrainians. have these crimes occurred nearly everywhere russia has been? >> yes, for all of these eight years. >> since 2014, the initial invasion? >> yes, when the war started. i interviewed more than 100 people who