Nihon Hidanki also won the Nobel Peace Prize this year. Last Friday at 11 am local time and 3 pm Bangladesh time, the name of the Nobel Peace Prize winner was announced from the Nobel Institute in Oslo, the capital of Norway.
It is a grassroots movement, known as ‘hibakusha’, made up of survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Nippon Hidankyo was awarded the prestigious prize for his efforts to create a nuclear-weapon-free world and for highlighting the inhumanity of the use of nuclear weapons through eyewitness testimony, the Nobel committee said.
Iran’s Nargis Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023. She was given the award for fighting against the oppression of Iranian women and promoting human rights and freedom for all.