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epa10228809 (FILE) - A supporter of the human rights center 'Memorial' wears a face mask reading 'Memorial is not banned' while gathering for a preliminary court hearing on the prosecutor's office lawsuit to liquidate of the human rights center 'Memorial' outside the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, 23 November 2021 (reissued 07 October 2022). The Nobel Peace Prize 2022 has been awarded to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organization Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said in a statement on 07 October 2022, that by awarding the Nobel Peace Prize for 2022 to Bialiatski, Memorial and the Center for Civil Liberties, it wishes to 'honour three outstanding champions of human rights, democracy and peaceful co-existence in the neighbour countries Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.' Bialiatski was imprisoned from 2011 to 2014 and following large-scale demonstrations against the Belarus regime in 2020, he was again arrested and still detained without trial, the Norwegian Nobel Committee added. EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY *** Local Caption *** 57311300