The Nobel Prize should never sound like the old narrative about fraternal nations — Center for Civil Liberties
The head of the CCL Oleksandra Matviichuk announced this during a press conference.
"Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovich, Marfa Rabkova from "Viasna"; Oleg Orlov, Alexandr Cherkasov, Svetlana Gannushkina, Sergey Davidis from "Memorial" are people with whom we have been fighting side by side for many years. This story is about resistance to common evil, about the fact that freedom has no borders, and the values of human rights are universal," said Matviichuk.
The head of the Center for Civil Liberties emphasized that the Nobel Prize belongs to the entire Ukrainian people who are fighting for their freedom.
According to Oleksandra Matviychuk, the CCL plans to use all the opportunities provided by the award to release Ukrainian military and civilian POWs; initiation of reform of the international peace and security system; creation of an international tribunal and prosecution of Vladimir Putin, Alyaxandar Lukashenka, and other war criminals.
"The Nobel Prize is about establishing a certain standard. It is easier for people to listen to Nobel laureates. So, first of all, this strengthens our position, which means strengthening support for Ukraine," said Oleksandra Romantsova, executive director of the Center for Civil Liberties.
On October 7, the Ukrainian human rights organization "Center for Civil Liberties" was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Center for Civil Liberties was founded in 2007 to promote human rights values. The organization's mission is to establish human rights, democracy, and solidarity in Ukraine and the OSCE region to affirm human dignity. In 2013, the organization created "OZON" and the "Euromaidan SOS" initiative. It also participated in mobile monitoring groups in the temporarily occupied Crimea and Donetsk, and Luhansk regions. In 2015, the organization launched the "Let My People Go" campaign aimed at the release of political prisoners, particularly Crimean Tatars.
In addition to the "Civil Liberties Center", the Nobel Peace Prize was also awarded to the human rights activist from Belarus Ales Bialiatski, and the Russian human rights organization "Memorial".
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