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Russian activist, 80, fights on despite crackdown
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» WASHINGTON: She is 80 years old, the Memorial rights group she co-founded has been shut down, and some of her colleagues have fled Russia fearing arrest under President Vladimir Putin.
Shattered hopes and dark days for longtime Russian rights activists
AFP, Published on 31/03/2022
» MOSCOW: For many years, veteran Russian human rights defender Oleg Orlov thought his country's darkest days were behind it. Not anymore.
From Iran deal brokers to Greek islanders, Nobel peace prize wide open
AFP, Published on 07/10/2016
» OSLO - Syrian rescuers risking all to save war-hit civilians and the brokers of Iran's nuclear deal are among contenders for Friday's Nobel Peace Prize after Colombia's peacemakers fell from pole position.
With Colombia off the table, Nobel Peace Prize winner anyone's guess
AFP, Published on 05/10/2016
» OSLO - A veteran Russian rights activist, or the architects of the Iranian nuclear accord? The field of contenders for Friday's Nobel Peace Prize was suddenly thrown wide open after the Colombian people's shock rejection of a peace deal put its negotiators out of the running.
Colombia dropped as Nobel Peace Prize favourite
Reuters, Published on 03/10/2016
» OSLO - Peace researchers dropped Colombia on Monday from a list of favourites for the Nobel Peace Prize after Colombians voted "No" in a referendum to an agreement to end a 52-year war with Marxist rebels.
Russia ponders 'watershed moment' 10 years after Khodorkovsky arrest
AFP, Published on 25/10/2013
» Russia on Friday marked a decade since the arrest of billionaire oil tycoon Mikhail Khodrkovsoky, whose detention is seen as a turning point that has defined Vladimir Putin's rule.
Nobel Peace Prize for Malala, Congolese doctor or OPCW?
AFP, Published on 11/10/2013
» The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday, with teenage Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai seen as the favourite though her chances could be dimmed by her young age.
Nobel Peace Prize to EU or Eastern European activists?
AFP, Published on 12/10/2012
» The crisis-hit European Union, Belarussian or Russian human rights activists, or a non-violent protest theorist whose ideas inspired the Arab Spring? Speculation ahead of Friday's Nobel Peace Prize announcement is rife.
Medicine prize kicks off Nobel week
AFP, Published on 08/10/2012
» The 2012 Nobel Prize season opens Monday with the award for medicine, marking the start of a week of announcements and speculation over who will collect the literature and peace prizes.