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South Africa’s Navi Pillay Wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

South African human rights lawyer and former United Nations human rights chief Navanethem "Navi" Pillay has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote peace and international law, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on Friday, October...

Nobel Peace Prize Given to Eastern European Human Rights Activists

​The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organization Memorial, and the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties. ​" demonstrate the significance of...