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- Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian human rights activists are this year’s recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize for their work in documenting war crimes, human rights abuses and the abuse of power.
- Jailed activist Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian Centre for Civil Liberties were announced as the recipients in October.
- Al Jazeera is live from Oslo to interview Natallia Pinchuk, Bialiatski’s wife; Jan Rachinsky from Memorial; and Oleksandra Matviichuk from the Center for Civil Liberties.
- The Peace Prize is awarded annually on December 10, the day Alfred Nobel died in 1896.
Here is the latest on the award ceremony: