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epa10228838 (FILE) - A signboard reading 'The society of Memorial' at the entrance to the head office of the Moscow Memorial Human Rights Center, in Moscow, Russia, 23 November 2021 (issued 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.' EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY