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IRANIAN rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi, who has spent much of the past two decades in jail, is the fifth laureate to win the Nobel Peace Prize whilst behind bars. Honoured on Friday for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran, the 51-year-old journalist and activist has campaigned against …

The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to human rights advocate, Ales Bialiatski from Belarus; the Russian human rights organisation, Memorial; and the Ukrainian human rights organisation, Center for Civil Liberties. The Nobel Selection Committee made this known on its official Twitter page on Friday. According to the committee, …