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The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization representing Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors, for its efforts to promote a nuclear-free world...
The Nobel Peace Prize 2024 has been awarded to the Japanese atomic bomb survivor organisation Nihon Hidankyo..
This grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, is receiving the peace prize for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again, the Nobel Committee said on its official X page...
It added, In awarding this years Nobel Peace Prize to Nihon Hidankyo, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to honour all atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki who, despite physical suffering and painful memories, have chosen to use their costly experience to cultivate hope and engagement for peace...
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