The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi for fighting oppression of women in Iran.

Narges Mohammadi — currently imprisoned in Iran's notorious Evin Prison — has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 'her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.'

Scientists Moungi Bawendi and Louis Brus are American and Alexei Ekimov is Russian. The prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and is worth 11m Swedish kronor (€947,700).

Al Jazeera speaks to the human rights defenders from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus who received their Nobel Peace Prizes.

This year's Nobel Peace Prize honoured Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organization Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties.

2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa tells Power & Politics democracy is at stake in her native Philippines in the upcoming 2022 presidential elections.

A pair of journalists from Russia and the Philippines have won the Nobel Peace Prize for independent reporting, despite persistent attacks against them by their governments. 'I'm a little shocked. It's really emotional,' said Filipino...

This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to two journalists, who have both dedicated their careers to investigating political corruption and abuse of power.

WFP wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to combat hunger and food insecurity around the world.

The Nobel Committee awards its 2020 peace prize to the World Food Programme, citing its efforts to stop the weaponizing of hunger.

Julie Marshall of the World Food Programme says her organization winning the Nobel Peace Prize is humbling and that credit for the prize belongs to staff on the ground who ensure 100 million people are fed every year.

Julie Marshall of the World Food Program says her organization winning the Nobel Peace Prize is humbling and that credit for the prize belongs to staff on the ground who ensure 100 million people are fed every year.

Trump has previously been nominated for the award and has claimed that it is rigged against him. So far, he has never won it.

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson are nobel prize winners for demonstrating the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced these prizes. Watch to...

The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize has called for the abolition of nuclear weapons in light of ongoing conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine.

Japanese anti-nuclear activist whose group won the Nobel Peace Prize says he was surprised to win instead of people working to end Gaza war.

Anti-nuclear weapon campaigners have been honoured in the past by the Nobel Committee.

The Japanese grassroots group Nihon Hidankyo, comprised of survivors of Second World War atomic bombings, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 'for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through...

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism against nuclear weapons. (Scripps News)

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